Managing a difficult periorbital skin cancer.
Due to perennial sun exposure a significant proportion of skin cancers develop on the face. Therefore diagnostic and treatment considerations are particularly important due to the sensitive functional and cosmetic properties of the face. The following case study demonstrates some of the potential difficulties with diagnosing and treating skin cancer on the face.
Tomas
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stomas101@australiaonline.net.au
D001913:Bowen's Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000601:surgery*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*