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Limberg transposition flap. fig. 1 a: Marginal wall-forming, slightly bowl-shaped sunken bleeding tumor, whose atrophic center is interspersed with telangiectasia, in the preeauricular region of a 79-year-old woman. Planning of a Limberg flap plasty with the angle ratios 120° to 60°. Histological examination of the tissue sample from the tumor revealed a solid basal cell carcinoma.

Limberg transposition flap. fig. 1 b: Postoperative suture conditions after covering the diamond-shaped excision defect.

Limberg transplant flap. fig. 2 a: Semi-circularly limited, irregularly brown pigmented plaque with a bright atrophic centre in the lumbar region of a 64-year-old man. Histological diagnosis from the marginal area of the tumour revealed a pigmented basal cell carcinoma of the trunk skin of the partially fibroepitheliomatous type. Planning of a Limberg flap plasty.

Limberg transposition flap. fig. 2 b: Postoperative scarring after covering the diamond-shaped excision defect.