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Aditya Tolat1, Dheer S Kalwaniya1, Ashok Sharma1
1General Surgery, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, IND.
Abstract:
A variety of cutaneous disorders can present to the general surgeon either directly or by referral for surgical intervention. Some conditions are commonly seen and operated on by general surgeons which include lipoma, epidermoid cyst, etc. On the other hand, some are uncommon conditions like dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans and chondroid syringoma which require a high index of suspicion to diagnose. Most general surgeons are not familiar with the latest guidelines to treat such uncommon conditions. In this article, we provide a review of uncommon cutaneous disorders requiring surgical intervention that were encountered at our high-volume tertiary care center and a discussion about their etiology, presentation, diagnosis, management and follow-up with one case report of each condition. The objective of this article is to familiarize the general surgeon with these cutaneous disorders which though uncommon, will present in their practice at some point.
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