Anatomy of the postauricular island "revolving door" flap ("flip-flop" flap).

Reconstruction following resection of auricular (cavum conchae) lesions may be done with a retroauricular rotation flap. Recently there has been revived interest in this elegant reconstructive procedure. Although the vascular anatomy of the area was studied, no direct study of flap anatomy was reported.

Bronchial malignant melanoma.

We describe a case of malignant melanoma presenting initially as an endobronchial lesion located in the left main bronchus causing total atelectasis. This resolved with radiation therapy. Widespread metastases developed shortly thereafter.

Primary Kaposi's sarcoma in lymph nodes concurrent with chronic lymphatic leukemia.

Both Kaposi's sarcoma and chronic lymphatic leukemia affect the lymph nodes, and not infrequently, the same patient. The authors describe the occurrence of both diseases in the same lymph node. The rarity of this finding suggests different histopathogenic origins of the two diseases.