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Commentary on Dermoscopy as a complementary tool for positive margin demarcation on the Mohs' map
Author(s) -
OcampoGarza Sonia Sofía,
OcampoCandiani Jorge,
OrizagaYQuiroga Thelma Laura,
GarzaRodríguez Verónica
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
australasian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.67
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1440-0960
pISSN - 0004-8380
DOI - 10.1111/ajd.13480
Subject(s) - medicine , mohs surgery , margin (machine learning) , skin cancer , transpose , surgical margin , radiology , dermatology , surgery , cancer , resection , computer science , eigenvalues and eigenvectors , physics , machine learning , quantum mechanics
Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) is a technique that allows removal of complex or ill‐defined skin cancer, combining tissue preservation and complete microscopic margin control. One of the main challenges of Mohs surgery is to illustrate the exact location of the tumour detected by light microscope. Using a dermoscope allows a fast, easy, reproducible way to accurately illustrate the location of a positive tumour on the Mohs map and ultimately transpose it to the surgical defect of the patient in a more precise way.