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This is a shortened version of the twelfth chapter of the ICD-9: Diseases of the Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue.It covers ICD codes 680 to 709.The full chapter can be found on pages 379 to 393 of Volume 1, which contains all (sub)categories of the ICD-9.
Other excision or destruction of lesion or tissue of brain Curettage of brain; Debridement of brain; Marsupialization of brain cyst; Transtemporal (mastoid) excision of brain tumor Excision of lesion of skull Removal of granulation tissue of cranium Other operations on skull, brain, and cerebral meninges Cranioplasty
"classic": excision of the center of the hyoid bone along with a thyroglossal duct cyst, removal of one-eighth inch diameter core of tongue muscle superior to the hyoid at a 45-degree angle up to the foramen cecum to include mucosa, removal of one-quarter inch of the center of the hyoid bone, closure of the cut ends of the hyoid bone, and ...
Schematic representation showing margin negative (A) and margin positive (B) excisions of a lesion. In a margin negative resection the lesion is completely removed; no lesional tissue is left behind the in the patient. In a margin positive resection some lesional tissue is left behind in the patient.
A skin tag, or acrochordon (pl.: acrochorda), is a small benign tumor that forms primarily in areas where the skin forms creases (or rubs together), such as the neck, armpit and groin. They may also occur on the face, usually on the eyelids. Though tags up to 13 mm (1 ⁄ 2 inch) long have been seen, [2] they are typically the size of a grain ...
Surgical excision with wide surgical margins to ensure the removal of all tumor tissue is the treatment of choice for GCF tumors [3] and their hybrid forms. [5] However, these tumors, particularly in cases that left tumor tissue behind, have had recurrence rates as high as 50% of all cases.
A parotidectomy is the surgical excision (removal) of the parotid gland, the major and largest of the salivary glands. The procedure is most typically performed due to neoplasms [1] (tumors), which are growths of rapidly and abnormally dividing cells. Neoplasms can be benign (non-cancerous) or malignant (cancerous).
In the WHO/IARC classification of head and neck pathology, this clinical entity had been known for years as the odontogenic keratocyst; it was reclassified as keratocystic odontogenic tumour (KCOT) from 2005 to 2017. [4] [5] In 2017 it reverted to the earlier name, as the new WHO/IARC classification reclassified OKC back into the cystic ...