Ear preservation in the surgical treatment of auricular melanoma

B J Cohen; J Melisi; M H Cohen

doi:10.1002/hed.2880120413

Ear preservation in the surgical treatment of auricular melanoma

Head Neck. 1990 Jul-Aug;12(4):346-51. doi: 10.1002/hed.2880120413.

Authors

B J Cohen¹, J Melisi, M H Cohen

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C. 20010.

PMID: 2361866
DOI: 10.1002/hed.2880120413

Abstract

A case of retroauricular melanoma is presented, and the literature on auricular melanoma is reviewed. A method of ear preservation in the surgical treatment of auricular melanoma is discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Ear Neoplasms / surgery*
Ear, External / surgery*
Humans
Male
Melanoma / surgery*
Middle Aged
Surgery, Plastic / methods*