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Speciality Spotlight
Basal
Cell Carcinoma
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Griffiths RW (Northern Gen Hosp, Sheffield, England)
Audit of Histologically Incompletely Excised Basal Cell Carcinomas: Recommendations for Management by Re-excision.
Br.J.Plast Surg 52: 24-28, 1999
– 30% are usually re-excised.
– Medical records all patients were audited between 1988 to 1997 by 1 consultant.
Largest reported series of re-excision after incomplete excision of Basal Cell Carcinoma. These excisions show residual tumor in almost all anatomical areas. With the exception of the inner canthus, periorbital lesions have a low probability of identification of residual tumour.