he had 4 shave biopsy's of moles, 2 came back mild, 1 moderate and 1 severe. Had severe one removed thursday - diagnois on original biopsy states Junctional melanocytic nevus with architectural disorder and severe cytologic atypism of the melanocytes comments the lesion is close to a lateral inked edge. Now received a call, and no one is in office to answer, but his appt for June 2nd to remove stitches needs to be changed based on biopsy results, what could that mean?
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Moles can be classified based on how dysplastic they appear. They are graded by atypia from mild to moderate to severely atypical (or dysplastic). If the pathologist did not read these moles as melanoma than they are not. What it means is that the cells have changed and left untreated they co...
A shave biopsy is usually the only way to go to have a mole checked for cancer, especially one that is growing on your back. It typically leaves a minimal scar which sometimes will have a central area of hyperpigmentation. The mole will rarely regrow and the appearance with the central dark spot...
Sounds like you are still healing. One thing to have your doctor check is a piece of the stitch is left behind. The outer layer of stitches are often dark. There may be a little blood accumulated in the area as well. It is less likely that a piece of the mole was left...
