Question 1
What is the defining feature of Mohs micrographic surgery that distinguishes it from standard surgical excision?
Correct Answer:
Use of horizontal (en face) frozen sections allowing 100% evaluation of the peripheral and deep margins
Question 2
Which of the following best describes the fresh-tissue Mohs technique developed by Frederic Mohs and later refined?
Correct Answer:
Tissue is processed as fresh frozen horizontal sections without chemical fixation
Question 3
When preparing a Mohs specimen, a surgeon colors the 12 o'clock edge with red dye and the 3 o'clock edge with blue dye. What is the primary purpose of this tissue inking step?
Correct Answer:
To maintain precise spatial orientation of the specimen relative to the patient for mapping residual tumor
Question 4
According to the 2012 Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) for Mohs surgery, which of the following basal cell carcinomas is MOST appropriate for Mohs surgery?
Correct Answer:
A 0.8 cm nodular BCC on the nasal ala in a healthy adult
Question 5
Which of the following is classified as an 'aggressive' (high-risk) histologic subtype of basal cell carcinoma in the AUC?
Correct Answer:
Infiltrative / morpheaform
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