Successful Treatment of Lower Eyelid Melanoma in Situ

SUMMARY: We present a brief literature review of the topical immune-modulating medication Imiquimod. The treatment of periorbital melanoma in situ typically requires surgical resection. Here we discuss a case of lower eyelid melanoma in situ successfully treated non-operatively with Imiquimod.

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Autores principales: Gassman, Andrew A., Yuan, Joyce, Koh, Justin, Miller, Timothy A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Health 2014
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4174083/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25289347
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000000041
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spelling pubmed-41740832014-10-06 Successful Treatment of Lower Eyelid Melanoma in Situ Gassman, Andrew A. Yuan, Joyce Koh, Justin Miller, Timothy A. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open Case Reports SUMMARY: We present a brief literature review of the topical immune-modulating medication Imiquimod. The treatment of periorbital melanoma in situ typically requires surgical resection. Here we discuss a case of lower eyelid melanoma in situ successfully treated non-operatively with Imiquimod. Wolters Kluwer Health 2014-06-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4174083/ /pubmed/25289347 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000000041 Text en Copyright © 2014 The Authors. Published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins on behalf of The American Society of Plastic Surgeons. PRS Global Open is a publication of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivitives 3.0 License, where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially.
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