Resident Doctor, Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Smt NHL Municipal Medical College and S.V., India
Case Report
Supra major Reconstruction of Hemi facial defect in a case of recurrent Squamous cell carcinoma of tongue using pedicled Forehead and Pectoralis major Myocutaneous flap: A Case Report
Author(s): Shailendra B Singh*, Archana Thakur, Rahul kaushik, Deepanjali Kalra and Manisha Singh
Presented here is a case of Recurrence in Oral Cancer. Three years back, the patient had under gone Glossectomy with reconstruction using Pectoralis Major Myocutaneous Flap. Patient developed a recurrence on right buccal mucosa and alveolus. It was fungated with pungent smell and was extruding through the right cheek. It was neglected by the patient hence the delay. The malignancy appeared inoperable but patient’s relative insisted, hence we decided to operate upon the patient. The plan was bipedal Pectoralis Major Myocutaneous flap (PMMC) for coverage of resultant defect following Oncological excision. The excised specimen included skin of right cheek up to Zygomatic arch, to upper third of neck with Buccal mucosa, Retromolar trigone, lower partial upper maxilla, pterygoids and both the upper and lower lip. So it was half of the right face-up to the upper third of neck includin.. View More»
DOI:
DOI.10.37532/22.11.4.7-9
