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Atypical mole after Melanoma

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    • March 18, 2018 at 10:03 pm
    K1983
    Participant

      Hi everyone,

      I was diagnosed with Stage 1 superficial spreading melanoma on my shoulder blade in 2015. 

      I’ve been going to 3 monthly skin checks since.

      I had my Dr remove a larger mole from my mid back 2 weeks ago, which I was notified the following day is atypical, lots of changes happening.. I head back today for wider margins.

      Is this normal for Atypical moles? 

      Any idea how much gets taken as a rule of thumb? I’m guessing not as much as when they took wider margins for my melanoma but just want to know what to expect.

      I haven’t got the path report yet.

      I’m located in Qld, Australia.

      Thanks.

       

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        • July 8, 2018 at 3:39 am
        Paulajane
        Participant

          I recently had a severely atypical spitzoid tumor removed by LWE and sentinel lymph nodes removed. They couldn’t definitively say it wasn’t melanoma so it was treated as stage 2 melanoma Breslow 2.2 no further treatment 3 month follow ups with melanoma clinic. 

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