Scar hydration is an important factor in wound healing and can be achieved with topical petrolatum-based ointment. Topical onion gel extract was ineffective in improving scar erythema and pruritus in our patients.
The treatment of Merkel cell carcinoma with Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) has been successful for the control of primary skin disease, and is at least comparable to wide excision. Spontaneous regression may occur in the course of this usually relentless and aggressive disease. The explanation for spontaneous regression of MCC is unknown.
Amelanotic melanomas comprise only 2% of melanomas and are commonly a difficult clinical diagnosis, due to the lack of melanin pigment typically found in melanomas. Even rarer is the amelanotic lentigo maligna, which may have an unusual clinical presentation, such as erythema, pruritus, or edema. Biopsy is the key to diagnosis. Multiple therapies for amelanotic lentigo malignas have been tried, but excision, with margin control (Mohs micrographic surgery-frozen or paraffin sections), remains the treatment of choice.
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