title: Surgical treatment of rare giant malignant tumors of the scalp: A report of 3 cases with different tumor types.
abstract: The scalp is the most frequent site of occurrence of malignant tumors. As an area that is generally neglected by the patient and not closely monitored during physical examinations, scalp tumors can go unnoticed until they become malignant. The present study reports 3 cases of rare giant malignant tumors of the scalp, namely a peripheral nerve sheath tumor, a fibrous tumor and a malignant proliferating trichilemmal tumor, that were treated at The First Bethune Hospital of Jilin University (Changchun, China). Vascularized free anterolateral thigh flap surgery was performed in 2 of the 3 cases. A local flap repair was applied to the third case. The implanted skin grafts remained viable post-operatively and wound repair was uneventful. No signs of malignancy were detected on the edge of the pathological section upon closer pathological examination. In the follow-up period, no recurrence was detected in any of the cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological and Cancer Surgery, The First Bethune Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Xiaoliang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological and Cancer Surgery, The First Bethune Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Wenzhong
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, The First Bethune Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Hepei
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, The Second Bethune Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130041, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Weihong
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological and Cancer Surgery, The First Bethune Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Dawei
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chen
keywords: malignant tumors of the scalp; surgical treatment