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Congenital melanocytic nevus (CMN). Clinical appearance before (week 0) and after treatment (patients 9‐12)
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When congenital melanocytic nevus (CMN) is in the maxillofacial region, a safer, more effective and fewer side‐effects treatment is needed for patients with high requirement for appearance. The objective of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of radiofrequency thermal ablation (RFA) for CMN in the maxillofacial region. We reviewed twent...
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Achieving perfect repair of a nasal defect with the recovery of cosmetic subunits has become a challenge to plastic, dermatologic, and head and neck surgeons. The study aimed to evaluate the effect of reconstructing neoplastic nasal alar subunit defects with sequential facial artery perforator flaps produced from nasolabial groove tissue...
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... To date, many treatment options have been described but consistent guidelines for clinical management of CMN do not yet exist. 1,2 Nevertheless, the most popular among clinicians seems to be the surgical excision and the principal reasons for removing CMN are medical and cosmetic. Concerning the former, even controversial, the recоmmеndation for CMN removal is based on the possibility for malignаnt transformation. ...
Congenital melanocytic nevi (CMN) are quite common benign proliferations of cutaneous melanocytes. They are present at birth or arise during the first few weeks of life being upper and lower extremities one of the most common locations. To date consistent guidelines for clinical management of CMN do not yet exist and the main reasons for removing them are medical and cosmetic. Regardless of the cause of having a CMN removed, when it comes to surgical excision of the lesion in daily practice the single most important decision to make is how to properly close the post‐excisional defect. The local Dufourmentel skin flap seems to be a reliable solution for surgical treatment of medium‐sized CMN on the limbs. It takes advantage of skin laxity adjаcent to thе defect to allоw the transpositiоn of tissuе with similаr charactеristics tо the tissuе еxcisеd which is the key for achieving good aesthetic and functional outcomes. In this brief clinical study the author identified a group of adult patients who had medium‐sized CMN located on their extremities. The surgical technique is explained and useful tips are given. No complications and high patient satisfaction rate were registered in the series. Dufourmentel flap is a useful tool in the armamentarium of dermatologic surgery when dealing with medium‐sized CMN on the extremities. Furthermore, due to its versatility this flap could also be applied for other clinical indications both benign and malignant.
