The skin is the largest organ of our body. It is reasonable, therefore, to be the field of a big variety of lesions. As benign lesions are classified various nevi, papillomas, lipomas, hyperkeratoses and cysts , excision of which is usually done under local anesthesia only for cosmetic or prophylactic reasons.<\/p>\n
The most common malignant skin lesions are basal cell carcinoma(BCC), squamous cell carcinoma(SCC) and malignant melanoma (mal-mel). Surgical resection in healthy limits is imperative in these cases. In the first two cases resection itself usually gives a definitive solution, while melanoma may need further screening and adjuvant therapy (wider excision and \/ or lymphadenectomy).<\/p>\n
Prevention is always superior to treatment, which is why early detection is the best treatment for skin lesions. Any change in appearance or character (pruritus \u2013 bleeding- size change) of a preexisting nevus and any rapidly evolving new nevi should be examined by a plastic surgeon or a dermatologist the soonest possible. In particular, any lesion presenting one or more of the following characteristics should be considered suspicious:
\nA-symmetry
\nB-order irregularity
\nC-olor changes or discoloration
\nD-iameter > 0,6 cm<\/p>\n
In most cases suturing of the wound edges after the excision is adequate, while in larger lesions we may need a local flap or skin graft in order to cover the defect . The histological examination determines if further treatment is required.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The skin is the largest organ of our body. It is reasonable, therefore, to be the field of a big variety of lesions. As benign lesions are classified various nevi, papillomas, lipomas, hyperkeratoses and cysts , excision of which is usually done under local anesthesia only for cosmetic or prophylactic reasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9129,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n