Educational and practice gaps in the management of volar melanocytic lesions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The benign and malignant patterns of acral melanocytic naevi (AMN) and acral melanomas (AM) have been defined in a series of retrospective studies. A three-step algorithm was developed to determine when to biopsy acral melanocytic lesions. This algorithm has only been applied to a Japanese population.

Objectives

Our study aimed to review the current management strategy of acral melanocytic lesions and to investigate the utility of the three-step algorithm in a predominately Caucasian cohort.

Methods

A retrospective search of the pathology and image databases at Mayo Clinic was performed between the years 2006 and 2016. Only cases located on a volar surface with dermoscopic images were included. Two dermatologists reviewed all dermoscopic images and assigned

SUBMITTER: Costello CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5967984 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature