Desmoplastic melanoma treated with wide local excision or Mohs micrographic surgery: Rates of positive margins, local recurrence, and repeat surgeries

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2022 Dec;87(6):1376-1378. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2022.07.058. Epub 2022 Aug 10.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
² Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.
³ Department of Pathology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
⁴ Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: christopher.miller2@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.

PMID: 35963290
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2022.07.058

No abstract available

Keywords: Mohs micrographic surgery; dermatologic surgery; desmoplastic melanoma; excision; melanoma; oncology.

MeSH terms

Humans
Margins of Excision
Melanoma* / surgery
Mohs Surgery
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / epidemiology
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / prevention & control
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / surgery
Retrospective Studies
Skin Neoplasms* / surgery