title: [Giant squamous cell carcinoma of the scalp: successful excision with use of bovine dermal substitute].
abstract: A 68-year-old woman presented with an enormous exophytic tumor on her forehead extending to the scalp. After complete resection of the tumor, the resulting defect was closed successfully using a bovine dermal substitute followed by a split-thickness skin graft.
authors: Klinik für Dermatologie und Allergologie, Klinikum Bremen-Mitte, St.-Jürgen-Str. 1, 28177, Bremen, Deutschland, markus.zutt@klinikum-bremen-mitte.de.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Zutt
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Ischebeck
authors: K M
authors: KM
authors: Kaune
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D002417:Cattle; D062109:Dermatologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D012535:Scalp / Q000601:surgery*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D017768:Skin, Artificial; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000637:transplantation; D016896:Treatment Outcome