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Facial resurfacing in xeroderma pigmentosum with monoblock full-thickness skin graft
K Atabay1, C Celebi, S Cenetoglu
1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
|June 1, 1991
Abstract:
A case of xeroderma pigmentosum with multiple skin tumors on the face that was treated with total excision and replacement of face skin except the eyelids with a monoblock full-thickness abdominal skin graft is reported. The quality and tumor-free features of the monoblock full-thickness skin graft in xeroderma pigmentosum are indicated. Despite the increased morbidity of the donor region, the radical surgical approach advocated here has improved the prognosis in the case reported.