Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 3 , Pages e239-e241 , March 2010

Supraorbital neuroma masquerading as local recurrence from a previously excised microcystic adnexal carcinoma

  • J.R. Seaward

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Plastic Surgery, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester M23 9LT, United Kingdom. Tel.: +44 161 998 7070, fax: +44 7092 292677.
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  • S.N.R. Kalipershad
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  • G.L. Ross

Received 18 April 2009 ,Accepted 3 July 2009.

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PII: S1748-6815(09)00522-1

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2009.07.013

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 3 , Pages e239-e241 , March 2010

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