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The nasolabial flap represents a valid and well known option to reconstruct defects of the lower lip as in the following case. An 82-year-old male patient with a basal cell carcinoma located on the right lower lip skin had a surgical excision under local anesthesia. The large surgical defect was closed with an inferiorly based pedicle nasolabial flap, with no flap necrosis and acceptable functional and aesthetic results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]