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Will a Melanoma Grow Back from Shave Biopsy?
If a shave biopsy on a mole was done, and it happened to be melanoma but was misdiagnosed as benign, would the melanoma grow back in the biopsy site?
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Will a Melanoma Grow Back from Shave Biopsy
If the lesion was biopsied and then determined to require complete surgical excision, then I would highly recommend that you see your physician for follow-up for complete surgical excision.
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Will Melanoma Grow Back After Shave Biopsy
A biopsy, whether shave or excisional, is performed in order to determine whether anything further needs to be done. If the biopsy is read as benign, then generally nothing further needs to be done. If the biopsy is read as malignant or atypical, then generally further surgery is performed. Exactly what is performed is dependent upon what the diagnosis is... e.g. atypical nevus, melanoma in situ, invasive melanoma. If a patient is concerned that the pathologic diagnosis is incorrect, they...
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Biopsy site of melanoma requires excision
Based on the history that you have provided, you should have the biopsy site excised further. If the biopsy results truly show melanoma, a wide and deep elliptical excision is required to provide a safe margin of removal of remaining cancer cells. Deeper melanomas may require further studies of the lymph nodes. A shave biopsy does not provide adequate margins for melanoma. Leaving a biopsied melanoma untreated may have fatal consequences. Please seek follow-up with a...
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Shave biopsy of a melanoma
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Yes, unless the shave biopsy contained the melanoma
The return of pigment after a shave biopsy usually does not mean that you had a melanoma originally. A shave biopsy, if the entire mole was not taken out, will often lead to what is termed a recurrent nevus. What happens, is that the deeper mole cells ( melanocytes) are now exposed to the sun and gain the ability to pigment. That is why it is important to wear a sunscreen after a shave biopsy.
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Melanoma after shave biopsy
A shave biopsy, rather than excisional biopsy, is problematic when melanoma is suspected. Melanoma is staged based upon the depth or thickness of the lesion, so when it is shaved, you lose the ability to accurately assess the thickness for the purposes of establishing a course of treatment, beyond wide excision, and prognostication. Any melanoma should be treated by wide excision with significant margins. I am curious to know why you think a melanoma might have been...
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