Where to send biopsy for second opinion
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Where to send biopsy for second opinion

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    • July 22, 2017 at 3:31 am
    Photopassion
    Participant
    I was wondering if anyone knew of any good places to send biopsy slides for a second opinion? I asked my dermatologist’s secretary and she acted like that was a very unusual request. I’m having a hard time finding anything useful when searching so any recommendations would be great.

    Thanks!

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      • July 22, 2017 at 5:17 am
      dmp
      Participant

      You don't say where you are from, but I from my limited experience I would go with MD Anderson or Mayo.  I am in the Cleveland, OH area, so I have been going to the Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals here did a second opinion that included reviewing the slides.  

      Other, more experienced, folks may have better recommendations.  

      -D

      • July 22, 2017 at 12:13 pm
      MichelleRHG
      Participant
      This just happened to a friend, actually. A mole biopsy came back benign for her daughter, she was not comfortable with that, contacted another local derm who sends slides to a dermatopathologist (the first one read them himself), had slide sent to that derm who sent it on. Came back with enough atypical cells to warrant wider excision. Note: she had an history already with 2nd derm and was a patient if record. Not sure you could randomly send a slide to another doc otherwise. I know at MDA they requested all my former slides/tissues before my initial visit so they could read them themselves.
      • July 22, 2017 at 12:27 pm
      JC
      Participant

      Martin Mihm

        • July 22, 2017 at 1:46 pm
        A
        Participant

        Mihm works in Mass General Hospital/Dana Farber.

      • July 22, 2017 at 12:53 pm
      Marksa2570
      Participant

      Yes… Dr Mihm.       You can google his work. He was very helpful to me.    He is in the NE somewhere I believe.      

      • July 23, 2017 at 4:02 am
      Photopassion
      Participant
      Thank you for the recommendation. I checked out his website and that’s exactly what I was hoping to find. Now if I can just get my dermatologist to get the slides there…
      • July 24, 2017 at 3:12 pm
      jenny22
      Participant

      Martin Mihm is the guru on this area……in boston at Brigham and Womens/Dana Farber

       

       

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