An alternative flap approach for auricle reconstruction

Abstract

Skin cancers are the most commonly seen tumors in human, due to sun exposure %80 of them are identified in head and neck region. Basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma compose the majority of the skin tumors. The defects of the auricles can be reconstructed with local skin flaps or free skin grafts. In this report we represent a transpositional random flap reconstruction for a 2 cm central auricular defect after a 12 mm squamous cell carcinoma excision from left central auricule.

Keywords

• skin cancer, cancer of ear auricle, pedicled flaps

Aurikula Cilt Tümörlerinin Onarımında Alternatif Bir Flep

Abstract

Cilt kanserleri insanlarda en sık görülen tümöral oluşumlardır ve % 80 sıklıkla güneş ışınlarına temasın çok fazla olduğu bölgeler olan baş boyun bölgesinde bulunurlar. Cilt tümörlerinin çoğunluğunu bazal hücreli ve yassı hücreli karsinomlar oluştururlar. Aurikula bölgesindeki tümörler bölgesel fleplerle yada cilt greftleri ile onarılabilirler. Bu yayında sol aurikulasındaki sentral yerleşimli 12 mm'lik cilt lezyonuna yassı hücreli karsinom tanısı konan hastanın yapılan eksizyonu sonrasındaki 2 cm lik defektinin postauriküler random transpozisyon flebi ile rekonstrüksiyonu sunulmuştur.

Keywords

• cilt kanserleri, kulak kepçesi kanseri, pediküllü flep

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