Mole Removal: Q&A
Ask a QuestionShould a Mole That Has Mild to Moderate Cells Be Removed or Watched?
Should a Mole That Has Mild to Moderate Cells Be Removed or Watched?
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T.Hill
in Louisville, KY
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Atypical mole treatment
For moles with minimal to moderate atypia, careful clinical observation may be performed. However, whenever atypia is in the moderate spectrum, excision with sutured reconstruction may offer an excellent cosmetic outcome while giving you the peace of mind that the abnormality is removed completely. Excised specimen should be sent to a dermatopathologist for an evaluation to confirm that the lesion was removed and that no further abnormality, such as melanoma, was present.
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Columbus Dermatologist
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Moderate Atypia in Moles
If an atypical mole has been biopsied and shows that some of the mole cells remain, the most conservative approach is to excise the area to get "negative margins". Of course, if the mole is in a difficult area, or the patient does not want another procedure, clinically monitoring the area is crucial.
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If a mole is changing, get it removed. It could save your life.
Sometimes small changes in shape and color of a mole, or the way a mole feels, can be an early sign of malignant changes in a mole. The safest thing to do to see a good dermatologist, have the mole examined and removed if there is any concern.
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How to treat moles with atypia
The only way to know if a mole has atypia is by removing it and sending it to a dermatopathologist for examination. So I assume that is what was done. When a mole is removed, it should be removed in its entirety so that the pathologist can examine all the margins, including the edges and the deep portion. If a mole, let's say, is shaved off the surface, normally that does not allow for examination of the deep margin and an appropriate diagnosis cannot be made.
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How to Treat Atypical Moles
In my office, we will do an excision with suture closure to get clear margins for all moles that have moderate to severe atypia. Far a mildly atypical mole we will observe the area and, if any pigmentation recurs in the biopsy site in the future, a very small excision is done (often with a small punch biopsy tool) for a minimal scar. We also follow all of our "atypical mole" patients by doing full skin examinations every six months. I recommend you see a board certified...
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Moles with atypia
Moles with atypia fall along a spectrum of benign to melanoma. Mild atypia falls closer to benign while the moderate to severe are closer to melanoma. That being said, they are atypical and not normal and no one can tell you whether a mole with atypia will become a melanoma in the near or distant future. Conservative patients and their doctors will excise mild atypia. Some patients and their doctors will simply follow clinically the mild to moderate atypia, while almost all...
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Boulder Dermatologist
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Atypical celluar mole
Any mole that has atypical cells on biopsy should be removed. Cellular atypithy with time will become either precancerous or frank cancer; there is simply no advantage to leaving it present.
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