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Surgical Dermatology
How do you treat a young patient with desmoplastic trichoepitheliomas?
Answer from: at Community Practice
I would biopsy to confirm the diagnosis, and then involve a Mohs surgeon.
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Answer from: at Academic Institution
There have been multiple papers showing the benefit and decreased recurrence rate of Mohs in treating desmoplastic trichoepithelioma. This is a good review of the literature:Mamelak et al., PMID 20082889
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