title: Surgical management of Gorlin syndrome: a 4-decade experience using local excision technique.
abstract: Basal cell nevus syndrome (aka Gorlin syndrome, Gorlin-Goltz syndrome, nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome, and fifth phacomatosis) is a rare but well-described autosomal dominant condition with variable penetrance. We present a female patient who has been successfully treated using local surgical excision and diligent skin surveillance for more than 4 decades, demonstrating that simple local incision is an efficacious and reasonable surgical alternative that may circumvent the specialization and expense of Mohs technique.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Chattanooga, TN.
authors.forename: Devan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Griner
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sutphin
authors.forename: Larry A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Sargent
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001478:Basal Cell Nevus Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D062109:Dermatologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*