In the blog category “Case Studies” Professor David Wilkinson offers an excellent platform to discuss clinical problems and cases within a closed alumni community. This area is password-protected and only accessible to past HealthCert Skin Cancer Certificate course participants.
We encourage you to submit clinical images and questions so we can all learn together.
Category: Case studies

This week’s case discussion, submitted by Dr Robert Teunisse, features a 52-year-old male patient who works as a builder. This lesion was found on his right mid-back during a routine skin cancer check. Continue reading “Case discussion: How would you treat this patient? [16 January]” →

Welcome to the first skin cancer case discussion of the new year! In this week’s case discussion, submitted by Dr David Stewart, we revisit the interesting case of a male patient with very sun-damaged skin who presented for a full skin check. This particular lesion caught the doctor’s attention. Continue reading “Case discussion: How would you treat this patient? [9 January]” →

In this week’s case discussion, submitted by Dr Terry Harvey, we look at a patient who presented for a follow-up skin cancer check and total body photography after having been treated for a previous melanoma. Continue reading “Case discussion: How would you treat this patient? [12 December]” →

In this week’s case discussion, we revisit a very interesting case from Dr Pearly Cooray. This is a 62-year-old male patient with a lesion noted on his forehead during his routine skin cancer check. Please review the clinical and dermoscopy images.
Continue reading “Case discussion: How would you treat this patient? [5 December]” →

In this week’s discussion, submitted by Dr Robert Teunisse, we look at the case of an 85-year-old male patient who is deaf, and his granddaughter communicated that this 25mm lesion on his right thigh has grown over three weeks. Continue reading “Case discussion: How would you treat this patient? [28 November]” →

In this week’s case discussion, submitted by Dr Magdy Malek, we look at a 5x5mm lesion discovered on the back of the neck of an 68-year-old male patient during his routine full skin examination.
Continue reading “Case discussion: How would you treat this patient? [21 November]” →

This week’s case discussion, submitted by Dr Robert Teunisse, features a 48-year-old male patient with an elevated, firm and growing lesion on his right hand. There is a previous BCC excision adjacent to this lesion.
Continue reading “Case discussion: How would you treat this patient? [14 November]” →

This week’s case discussion, submitted by Dr Randa Al-Hajali, features a 75-year-old male patient with a growing lesion on the concha of his ear. The lesion has been painful and frequently bleeds.
Continue reading “Case discussion: How would you treat this patient? [7 November]” →

In this week’s case discussion, submitted by Dr Robert Teunisse, we look at an 80-year-old male patient with an unusual nodular lesion on his right shoulder.
Continue reading “Case discussion: How would you treat this patient? [31 October]” →

In this week’s case discussion, submitted by Dr Terry Harvey, we look at a 60-year-old male patient who presented for a routine skin check with no specific concerns. He has a history of multiple keratinocyte skin cancers and one previous melanoma in situ on his shoulder.
Continue reading “Case discussion: How would you treat this patient? [24 October]” →
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