Long-term outcomes of margin-controlled excision for eyelid melanoma.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To provide evidence for long-term outcomes for margin-controlled excision of eyelid melanoma.

Methods

Retrospective single-centre observational case series of patients treated for eyelid melanoma between 2007 and 2016, with a minimum of 5-year follow-up. Tumour excision involved rush-paraffin en face horizontal sections and delayed repair (Slow Mohs; SM).

Results

Twenty-two cases were seen with a survival of 91% (two deaths from nodular and lentigo maligna melanoma) and seven with melanoma in situ (MIS). Invasive melanoma includes eight lentigo maligna melanoma, four nodular, two amelanotic and one desmoplastic. Mean Breslow thickness was 6 mm for invasive (range 0.5-26). Mean excision margin for MIS was 3 mm (range 2-5 mm) and for invasive was 5 mm (range

SUBMITTER: Bladen JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10049999 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature