[Six cases of facial adnexial carcinomas with reconstruction].

Introduction: Adnexial carcinomas are a group of rare and aggressive malignant skin tumors. Management of these tumors is not well codified.

Patients And Method: The authors present a retrospective and single-center study of six cases.

Latissimus dorsi free flap for reconstruction of extensive full-thickness abdominal wall defect. A case of desmoid tumor.

Desmoid tumor is a rare, benign fibroblastic tumor that is characterized by highly aggressive local invasiveness. The authors report the case of a 35-year-old male who presented with a 20 cm para-umbilical tumor invading the right rectus abdominis muscle. This required a wide excision of the abdominal wall.

[Calvarial bone grafting in augmentation rhinoplasty. Long-term results].

Introduction: Various clinical situations may require an important increase of the size of the nose. The aim of our work was to analyze long-term results of calvarial bone grafts used in rhinoplasties.

Material And Method: We retrospectively studied the files of 20 patients having undergone a calvarial bone graft.

[Reconstruction of the nipple-areolar complex: long-term results].

Purpose: The aim of this study was the long-term evaluation of different techniques concerning the reconstruction of a nipple-areola complex.

Patients And Methods: We included 135 women who had undergone nipple-areola reconstruction between 1983 and 2004. A clinical examination was performed after a mean delay of 5 years and 3 month (1-24).

[Reconstruction of the nasal alar defect with the superiorly based nasolabial flap described by Burget: report of seven cases].

Background: The reconstitution of a nasal alar rim and lobule defect represent a difficult challenge in consideration of his situation, anatomy and function. This article describes the technique and the interest of the nasolabial flap when used to cover the entire alar subunit.

Methods: We present 7 cases of alar rim and lobule defect after skin cancer excision.