Skin Surgery

Question 0

1.5 cm ulcer on the lower lip that has been slowly enlarging, for the past eight months. Pipe smoker.

Answer 0

Squamous cell carcinoma

Question 1

Waxy raised lesion or punched out ulcer, preference for the upper part of the face. Slow-growing.

Answer 1

Basal cell carcinoma. Full thickness biopsy at the edge of the lesion or complete excision with narrow margin of uninvolved skin. Management is surgical excision with clear margins but conservative Width

Question 2

Tumor in the left ventricle or tumor in the duodenum

Answer 2

Metastatic melanoma. Two unique features are strange sites of metastasis and variable length of time before metastasis