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Can the Use of Apple Cider Vinegar Effect the Pathology of a Biopsied Mole?
asked 1 year ago by racietay in georgia
Latest answer by Brent Spencer, MD
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Tags: at-home
I used apple cider vinegar on what i thought looked like a small mole on my thigh-stupid,i know! it irritated it,and changed the appearance so that my dr. recommended a punch biopsy since she couldn't determine if it were suspicious. results came back a "probable response to arthropod assault".my questions is could the ACV changed the pathology of the specimen b/c of the inflammation and made it look like it wasn't a mole when it actually was. and should I repeat the biopsy once it has healed?
1 answer to Can the Use of Apple Cider Vinegar Effect the Pathology of a Biopsied Mole?
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Inflammation can affect biopsy readings, but...
Inflammation as a result of anything can affect the read out that you get from a pathologist. I guess the first question is did you really have a mole (or as we call it in the trade a nevus)? Even if a nevus is inflammed, any dermatopathologist should be able to indentify nevus cells fairly easily under the microscope. If they read it out as an arthopod assault, I would bet a cell type called eosinophils were predominate in the inflammation. Irritant / contact...
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Brent Spencer, MD
Frisco Dermatologic Surgeon
Frisco Dermatologic Surgeon