Case Studies

Oral Resection and Reconstruction- Oral Cancers

Oral Resection and Reconstruction (Oral Cancers) Oral cancers are the most common head neck cancers in Indian men & third most in women. The most common sites are tongue and gingivobuccal sulcus followed by buccal mucosa and alveolus. Surgery remains the main stay treatment with wide local excision of lesion with 1-1.5 cm unstretched margin …

Sentinel Node Biopsy for Early Breast Cancer

Sentinel Node Biopsy for Early Breast Cancer: Patients with early breast cancer without any palpable glands in the armpit may avoid complete axillary dissection by undergoing sentinel node biopsy. The sentinel node is defined as the first node in the armpit which may harbor any cancer cells. These patients are subjected to breast scintigraphy on …

Stereotactic Localization & Wide Excision of Non Palpable Breast Lesions

A 54 year old post menopausal lady presented with a small 1.5 cm size suspicious BIRADS IV lesion in breast on routine screening mammography (Fig -1). US Guided Biopsy was reported as ductal hyperplasia. US guided FNAC was suggestive of papillary neoplasm. The lesion was small and deep seated and could not be felt on …