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Managing Atypical Biopsies after Melanoma?
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Managing Atypical Biopsies after Melanoma?

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    • May 23, 2019 at 5:03 pm
    msnow
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      Hi, if a mole shave biopsy pathology results are mildly atypical with involved margins and residual pigment is left should the mole be re-excised for clean margins or can a wait and watch approach be used? Thanks for any insight.
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        • May 23, 2019 at 6:21 pm
        KAP715
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          I’ve had several atypical shave biopsies. The one that didn’t have clear margins my derm excised with a 1 cm margin. If you have a history of melanoma I’d definitely get it removed to the point of clear margins.
            • June 24, 2019 at 10:22 am
            Momand2kids
            Participant
              I am new here- but my derm biopsied another mole that was unusual-not melanoma but he is still going back in to get a 1cm margin— Make me feel better now that I have had a melanoma
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