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Carcinoma of the nasal vestibule

Patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the nasal vestibule destro

Rare cancers of the nasal vestibule are malignant neoplasms that originate from the skin of the nasal vestibule, initially they give a very limited symptoms that can become quite painful if infiltration of cartilages andirons and/or bacterial superinfection.
To confirm the diagnosis requires a biopsy sampling, You also ascertain by radiological studies that the disease has given locales or lymph node metastases.
Treatment is surgical and typically requires an excision wide enough to ensure safety in Oncology.
Once removed, the disease can recur to prosthesis or surgical reconstructions using flaps.
The case pictured was reconstructed using a flap parafrontale supported by an ear cartilage graft taken from Helix