Consequential Surgeries Limit Recurrence of Skin Malignancies in Xeroderma Pigmentosum: A Case Report

Authors

Ahmad Kurnia, Division of Oncology Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia, Dr Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital, Jakarta, IndonesiaFollow
Diani Kartini, Division of Oncology Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia, Dr Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital, Jakarta, IndonesiaFollow
Novinda Herwirastri, Training Program in Surgery, Department of Surgery, 3 Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia, Dr Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital, JakartaFollow
Zoya M. Adyasa, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia, Dr Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital, Jakarta, IndoneisiaFollow

Abstract

Xeroderma Pigmentosum (XP) is a rare inherited skin malignancy with no causative treatment options. Reporting a 23-year-old woman with xeroderma pigmentosum who underwent several surgical tumor removals followed by further five procedures to apply tissue expander, facial resurfacing using full-thickness skin grafts with a donor from abdominal. The next series was tumor resection in the chin, forehead, nasal reconstruction, tumor removal on bilateral third digits, and defect closure. No recurrence after nine years of postoperative monitoring with an aesthetically acceptable result.

Recommended Citation

Kurnia, Ahmad; Kartini, Diani; Herwirastri, Novinda; and Adyasa, Zoya M. (2021) "Consequential Surgeries Limit Recurrence of Skin Malignancies in Xeroderma Pigmentosum: A Case Report," The New Ropanasuri Journal of Surgery: Vol. 6: No. 2, Article 7.
DOI: 10.7454/nrjs.v6i2.1111
Available at: https://scholarhub.ui.ac.id/nrjs/vol6/iss2/7