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1800 867 1390Case discussion: How would you treat this patient? [30 March]
This week, we present another case from Dr Tim Aung, which features a 60 year-old male patient with an ugly duckling identified during skin check.
- What is your assessment of the clinical and dermoscopic images
- What would you do next?
- Why?
Update:
Here are the results. What next?
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symmetrical,, looks benign
id review in 3 months time
I would say this looks suspicious – asymmetrical with atypical pigment network. I would perform excision biopsy with 2mm margins.
Without clinical history I don’t think it looks suspicious; 1 network, no blue grey colours, close to symmetrical in 4/10 plane. Would be a different approach if this was brought to my attention as a new changing lesion, or if it obviously stood out as an ugly duckling lesion.
Brown Unifrom Colour, Symmetrical pattern except for darker pigmentation and thkcer network with dots at 5 O clock. Could be a changing nevus but no peripheral changes or pseudopods noted at 5 O clock in relation to minor changes. Depending on history if there is a concern excise with 2mm margins or otherwise initially 3 monthly Dermatoscopy and Monitoring
irregular in colour
seems to be peripheral black dots so needs bxf
Looks asymmetrical but with no chaos,so review in 3 months
Assymetrical. Streaks at right lateral lower. Rhomboid structures at mid upper and to left upper. Also white lines. Need excision biopsy with 2 mm margin
A bit of assymetry in colours /atypical network-(2/3) I will excise with 2 mm margin. Lesion most likely dysplastic naevus but certainly merit biopsy in a 60 year old man
Homogeneous pattern in the center, reticular rim on the upper border and some scattered white dots resemble a milia-like cysts looks like a seborrheic keratosis at first blink. Therefore, black clod on the right, some streaming on the low border, few grey dots on 5 – 6 o’clock are signs suspicious for MIS. If this lesion is ugly and recent, with fast growth it should be excised. Otherwise, follow up in 3 month.
Looks like an ugly duckling. Looks suspicious, asymmetry, atypical network. Err on side of caution and remove with excision for diagnosis.
Asymmetrical Colour with darker area at 5 O’Clock area. There are thicker reticular lines at the same area with some peripheral black dots.
Suspicious using both Three Point Check list : Score 2 Or Chaos and Clues: Chaos and peripheral black dots and thick reticular lines.
I would excise it.
Juntional naevus
Asymmetry but no BW spots
Watchful waiting with annual skin check
Chaotic lesion with segmental peripheral reticular pattern and central homogeneous pattern. Very disimilar to other lesions seen in the macro photo. If there was a history suggest a stable lesion then short term surveillance otherwise excise with 2mm margin.
Small flat looking PSL,hairy area(?back or chest).Chaotic(asymmetry of colour,lower pole darker)
No clues to malignancy except thick lines,reticular at lower pole.
Can’t name it,so should be excised with 2 mm margins.
Possibly a very early melanoma arising in a pre existing naevus
60 years old on the trunk .
Looks like multi component neavi , a clue thick lines
I will take excision biopsy with 2 mm margin
Three point check score will be 2
Thus I will excise this lesion
this is a compound melanocytic nevi on elephant approach, leave it alone ! its benign !
for me, when I saw the images I thought that clinical was suspicious and the dermoscopy was a clear 2/3 on 3-point (asymmetry and abnormal network). that leads to a 2mm excision biopsy. In situ melanoma confirmed leads to a 5mm formal excision
i would recommend to the patient an excision with 2mm margins to exclude melanoma
Clinically I thought this was a bcc. On dermoscopy there was arborizing blood vessels but the white circles made me suspicious that it may be a scc. Would like to know the dermoscopy finding are consistent with what. Thanks
its solar keratosis, not SCC for sure
Redish brown with lacunes. Looks like a sub-corneal haemorrhage to me
Whoops – wrong image