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Mohs surgery, developed in 1938 by a general surgeon, Frederic E. Mohs, is microscopically controlled surgery used to treat both common and rare types of skin cancer. During the surgery, after each removal of tissue and while the patient waits, the tissue is examined for cancer cells. That examination dictates the decision for additional tissue ...
Electrodesiccation and curettage ( EDC, ED & C, or ED+C) is a medical procedure commonly performed by dermatologists, surgeons and general practitioners for the treatment of basal cell cancers and squamous cell cancers of the skin. [ 1] It provides desiccation, coagulation / cauterization, and curettage to remove lesions from the skin .
OCD. Dermatophagia (from Ancient Greek δέρμα — lit. skin and φαγεία lit. eating) or dermatodaxia (from δήξις, lit. biting) [ 3] is a compulsion disorder of gnawing or biting one's own skin, most commonly at the fingers. This action can either be conscious or unconscious [ 4] and it is considered to be a type of pica.
Jonas, 36, shared his experience online on Tuesday, June 11, in an effort to heighten vigilance around regular skin checks. “So today I am getting a basal cell carcinoma removed from my head ...
The surgery refers to a tissue-sparing, precise method of skin cancer removal named in honor of the surgeon who developed the technique, Frederic Mohs, who lived from 1910 to 2002.
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Hard lump with a scaly top or ulceration. [ 1] Cutaneous squamous-cell carcinoma ( cSCC ), also known as squamous-cell carcinoma of the skin or squamous-cell skin cancer, is one of the three principal types of skin cancer, alongside basal-cell carcinoma and melanoma. [ 10] cSCC typically presents as a hard lump with a scaly surface, though it ...
Blaschko's lines, also called the lines of Blaschko, are lines of normal cell development in the skin. These lines are only visible in those with a mosaic [ 1][ 2][ 3] skin condition or in chimeras where different cell lines contain different genes. These lines may express different amounts of melanin, [ 4] or become visible due to a differing ...