Abstract

SCARTON, Juan Manuel; GUBAIRA, José Eduardo; PERFETTY, Wilfredo  and  VERDECCHIA, Daniel. Carcinoma mucoepidermoide del labio superior nueva alternativa para su reconstrucción. Rev. venez. oncol. [online]. 2008, vol.20, n.4, pp.192-200. ISSN 0798-0582.

We present a case in which we would like to expose the design of a new cheek’s thick flap in order to reconstruct in just one step the superior lip when it has been damaged more than 1/3 of it. Patient 6 years old male with malignant lesion of the minor’s salivary glands muco-epidermoid carcinoma type, that can be found in the superior lip and is less frequent. We present a new flap that allow to reconstruct of the entire superior lip in all its extension, including skin, muscle and mucous in one step. Through the design of the island cheek flap, this would keep its nutrition for the infraorbitary ipsilateral arterial branches. This flap gives acceptable cosmetic results besides keeping a good opening of the oral cavity, without sacrificing the resection borders, in a way that local control and the curability of the patient is not put at risk.

Keywords : Carcinoma; muco-epidermoid; superior lip; flap; salivary glands.