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A trend has occurred in dermatology over the last 10 years with the advocacy of a deep shave excision of a pigmented lesion. [5] [6] [7] An author published the result of this method and advocated it as better than standard excision and less time-consuming. The added economic benefit is that many surgeons bill the procedure as an excision ...
If the lesion is suspected to be skin cancer, a skin biopsy must be done before considering removal. This is unless an excisional biopsy is warranted. If the lesion is a melanocytic nevus, one has to decide if it is medically indicated or not. Other reasons for removal may be cosmetic, or because a raised mole interferes with daily life (e.g ...
A study examining over 4,000 biopsied skin lesions identified clinically as seborrheic keratoses showed 3.1% were malignancies. Two-thirds of those were squamous cell carcinoma. [11] To date, the gold standard in the diagnosis of seborrheic keratosis is represented by the histolopathologic analysis of a skin biopsy. [12]
Keratoacanthoma is commonly found on sun-exposed skin, often face, forearms and hands. [2] [3] It is rarely found at a mucocutaneous junction or on mucous membranes. [2] Keratoacanthoma may be difficult to distinguish visually from a skin cancer. [4] Under the microscope, keratoacanthoma very closely resembles squamous cell carcinoma. In order ...
[10] [11] It is simple, easy to teach, and highly effective in detecting melanoma. Simply, correlation of common characteristics of a person's skin lesion is made. Lesions that greatly deviate from the common characteristics are labeled as an "Ugly Duckling", and a dermatologist exam is required.
Surgical excision of a sebaceous cyst is a simple procedure to completely remove the sac and its contents, [8] although it should be performed when inflammation is minimal. [9] A sebaceous cyst that has been surgically removed. Three general approaches are used - traditional wide excision, minimal excision, and punch biopsy excision. [10]
Nevus (pl.: nevi) is a nonspecific medical term for a visible, circumscribed, chronic lesion of the skin or mucosa. [1] The term originates from nævus, which is Latin for "birthmark"; however, a nevus can be either congenital (present at birth) or acquired.
Cutaneous squamous-cell carcinoma (cSCC), also known as squamous-cell carcinoma of the skin or squamous-cell skin cancer, is one of the three principal types of skin cancer, alongside basal-cell carcinoma and melanoma. [10] cSCC typically presents as a hard lump with a scaly surface, though it may also present as an ulcer. [1]