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The patient was a 66-year-old female who was referred to the University of Michigan, Department of Dermatology. The patient noted a crusty growth on her nose for 7 months, and biopsy of this skin lesion showed a basal cell carcinoma. She initially was treated by a private practitioner using Mohs surgery; however, this procedure was discontinued due to persistent involvement of the surgical margins with neoplasm. The patient was healthy but admitted to smoking one-half pack of cigarettes per day and had done so for the past 50 years. Examination of the nose demonstrated a 2.5 × 1.5-cm full thickness defect of the right nasal tip (Fig. 28.1).
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Baker, S.R. (2011). Reconstruction of Tip, Columella, and Ala 
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In: Principles of Nasal Reconstruction. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-89028-9_28
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