Publications by authors named "Algin B Garrett"
Article Synopsis
- A study was conducted to analyze how often dermatologic surgeons face challenges in identifying the locations of skin cancer tumors before surgery.
- Out of over 17,000 cases, only 0.60% involved uncertain sites, with these cases more common in older, male patients who had biopsies done over a month prior.
- Surgeons commonly used various methods to confirm tumor locations, achieving success in identifying 82% of these uncertain sites, while some surgeries were delayed, especially for non-facial tumors.
Importance: It has been suggested that Mohs surgery for skin cancer among individuals with limited life expectancy may be associated with needless risk and discomfort, along with increased health care costs.
Objective: To investigate patient- and tumor-specific indications considered by clinicians for treatment of nonmelanoma skin cancer in older individuals.
Design, Setting, And Participants: This multicenter, prospective cohort study was conducted using data from US private practice and academic centers.
Background: Reconstruction of defects straddling the alar groove presents the dual challenges of resurfacing the nasal sidewall and alar subunits while simultaneously recreating the alar groove. The wave flap (WF) is a modified, medially based, nasal sidewall rotation flap that uses locally recruited tissue from the nasal sidewall to facilitate color and texture match and permit camouflage of scars.
Objective: To detail a surgical repair for defects in the horizontally oriented middle third of the alar groove.
A case of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis in a 38-year-old white male patient infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) treated safely and effectively with mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) is reported. Treatments for psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis are manifold, including topical, oral, intramuscular, intravenous, and subcutaneous therapies. These indicated treatments for psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis result in suppression of the immune system.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe report a case of a 41-year-old black man who presented with chronic severe atopic dermatitis that only responded to oral corticosteroids. Failed treatments for this patient included topical corticosteroids, topical pimecrolimus, oral prednisone, oral antihistamines, azathioprine, and narrowband UV light therapy. Only oral corticosteroids provided significant relief.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe report a case of a 70-year-old white male with a basal cell carcinoma of the left thumb nail unit. Excision of the tumor via Mohs micrographic surgery was completed in 2 stages. The defect was repaired with a full thickness skin graft.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Trichilemmal carcinoma is a rare cutaneous malignancy that usually occurs on the sun-exposed areas of older individuals. The lesion is usually solitary and may present as an exophytic or polypoid nodule that maybe hyperkeratotic with ulceration.
Objective: To present two cases of trichilemmal carcinoma, one occurring in a kidney transplantation patient.