Friday, December 4, 2009

5. Other Malignant tumours

Malignant
Merkel cell- histology, special stains, wide excision, refer, radiotherapy
AFX- Atypical fibroxanthoma, like a poorly differentiated SCC,
MFH- Malignant fibrous histiocytoma- goes deep, wide excision 10 mms.
DFX- dermtofibrosarcoma protuberans- very wide excision 3-5 cms- refer.
Recurrent SCCs- refer early, wide excision, often perineural or lymphatic spread.
Angiosarcoma- looks like a big bruise
B and T cell lymphomas