Partial Biopsies of Lesions Leave Room for Error

He noted that cases of assumed benign lesions that recur after ablation (via liquid nitrogen, curettage, or laser) may ultimately prove to be melanoma on histopathology. Furthermore, in the unlikely event that a patient develops metastatic melanoma with an unknown primary, it may be presumed that one of the ablated lesions was the primary.

Disclosures: Dr. Marghoob disclosed having no conflicts of interest. SDEF and this news organization are owned by Elsevier.

Partial biopsies of this melanoma yielded results ranging from Clark's nevus to invasive melanoma.

Source Images courtesy Dr. Ashfaq A. Marghoob