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Image Number #3287 (Melanoma invasive)

Site: Leg

Diagnosis: Melanoma invasive

Sex: F

Age: 54

Type: Dermlite Polarised

Submitted By: Ian McColl

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Description: Inappropriately biopsied pigmented lesion

History:

The main point of showing this is to emphasise that sampling pigmented lesions with a small punch biopsy is fraught with sampling error problems. Always excise with 2mm margins to allow the pathologist to see all the lesion.

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