Assessment of Second-Opinion Strategies for Diagnoses of Cutaneous Melanocytic Lesions.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Histopathologic criteria have limited diagnostic reliability for a range of cutaneous melanocytic lesions.

Objective

To evaluate the association of second-opinion strategies by general pathologists and dermatopathologists with the overall reliability of diagnosis of difficult melanocytic lesions.

Design, setting, and participants

This diagnostic study used samples from the Melanoma Pathology Study, which comprises 240 melanocytic lesion samples selected from a dermatopathology laboratory in Bellevue, Washington, and represents the full spectrum of lesions from common nevi to invasive melanoma. Five sets of 48 samples were evaluated independently by 187 US pathologists from July 15, 2013, through May 23, 2016. Data analysis was performed from April 2016 thro

SUBMITTER: Piepkorn MW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6804025 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature