Educational and Practice Gaps in the Management of Volar Melanocytic Lesions

ConclusionWe found one major educational gap in the recognition of low risk lesions with high rates of biopsy of the fibrillary pattern. Recognizing low‐risk dermoscopic patterns could reduce the rate of biopsy of AMN by 23.3%. We identified two major practice gaps, poor patient compliance with follow up and the potential insensitivity of the 3‐step algorithm to small multi‐component acral melanocytic lesions.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Source: Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology - November 24, 2017 Category: Dermatology Authors: C.M. Costello, S. Ghanavatian, M. Temkit, M.R. Buras, D.J. DiCaudo, D.L. Swanson, A.R. Mangold Tags: Original Article Source Type: research