Site: Leg
Diagnosis: Melanoma invasive
Sex: F
Age: 54
Type: Dermlite Polarised
Submitted By: Ian McColl
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.