Sentinel lymph node metastasis in primary cutaneous basosquamous carcinoma. A cross-sectional study.

Background And Objectives: Basosquamous carcinoma (BSC) is a rare, biologically aggressive tumor. This cross-sectional study aims to define risk factors for subclinical nodal metastasis in primary BSC, and identify the patients who would benefit from routine sentinel node biopsy (SLNB) as part of the initial management.

Methods: A total of 142 patients, with histologically proven BSC without palpable lymph nodes, underwent SLNB after the initial excision.

Pathologic findings in breast reduction specimens: detection of occult premalignant and cancerous lesions.

Background: As reduction mammaplasty has become one of the most popular reconstructive procedures, there is an increasing number of reports regarding histopathologic findings in breast tissue yielded by the procedure.

Patients And Methods: This study evaluates histopathologic findings in breast tissue removed during reduction mammaplasty procedures performed during a 40-month period (2008-2011), and includes 300 patients of which 258 underwent bilateral breast reduction (group B) and 42 unilateral reduction for symmetry to the contralateral reconstructed breast (group U).

Results: Occult carcinomas were detected in 4 (1.

Natural expansion of artificial dermal template by successful full-term pregnancy.

Extensive postburn scars of the trunk may cause breathing difficulty and, in female patients of reproductive age, render future pregnancy a serious reconstructive goal. Scar excision and skin grafting with or without artificial dermal templates is the current preferred management. A patient who underwent staged extensive grafting of the abdominal wall by dermal regeneration template and completed a full-term successful pregnancy is presented here.