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Deciphering the «ugly duckling», but escaping the«telly belly». Exploratory algorithm of the diagnosticcutting edge of melanoma.
Quatresooz P. , Piérard G.E. , Piérard-Franchimont C. , Groupe Mosan d’Étude des Tumeurs Pigmentaires (GMETP)
Rev Med Liege 2010, 65(4),180-185Abstract : In a manichean ideal, one expects unreservedly a clear-cut distinction between benign melanocytic neoplasms and the malignant ones. Such a distinction is commonly established by a clinico-pathologic confrontation for the majority of neoplasms. However, the boundaries may be blurred and uncertain for some lesions. We present an exploratory clinico-pathologic algorithm of the border area between seemingly benign and seemingly malignant melanocytic neoplasms. The concept of a group of neoplasms called skin melanocytomas shed some light on such quandaries where the risk of misdiagnosis is quite high.
