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      • November 29, 2017 at 11:01 pm
      1Cbras
      Participant
        Thanks. So, now I’m torn. I have at least two other weird lesions on the same foot…not as weird as the one removed but weird…and smaller…should I get at least a punch biopsy (to avoid recovery time for removal) or should I just photograph and watch? Thoughts? Thanks…
        • November 29, 2017 at 7:53 pm
        1Cbras
        Participant
          Final PATH
          AP results

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          FINAL PATHOLOGY REPORT
          DIAGNOSIS
          LEFT FOOT BIOPSY:
          LENTIGO WITH ATYPIA, COMPLETELY EXCISED

          COMMENTS: MULTIPLE LEVELS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED. THIS CASE HAS ALSO BEEN REVIEWED BY 2 DERMATOPATHOLOGISTS.

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          Surgical Site: Other(specify below); left foot plantar aspect
          Operative Procedure: Other(specify below); excision
          Clinical Information: skin lesion
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          GROSS EXAMINATION
          the specimen is received in 10% neutral buffered formalin labeled “left foot” and consists of one piece of tan-gray ellipse of skin with a suture marking at the 12:00 margin. the specimen measures 2.2 x 1.3 x 0.5 cm. The specimen has a light brown flat lesion in the center measuring 0.5 x 0.4 cm. The 3:00 margin is inked blue. the 9:00 margin is inked yellow. the specimen is serially sectioned from the 12:00 margin to the 6:00 margin. the specimen is entirely submitted in cassettes 1A through 1H. PD

          Summary of sections:
          1A= 2 tips (12:00 margin)
          1B thorugh 1G= 1 piece each (center sections)
          1H= 2 tips (6:00 margin)

          Electronically Signed 11/28/2017 1:16 PM
          Geraldine Mercer,MD
          Pathologist

          CPT Codes: 88305

          RESULT NOTE Surg02: Op Procedure? : Other(specify below) excision
          Surg04: Clinical information? : skin lesion

          • November 29, 2017 at 7:51 pm
          1Cbras
          Participant
            Here is the entire report…thanks…

            Final PATH
            AP results

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            FINAL PATHOLOGY REPORT

            • November 24, 2017 at 4:23 am
            1Cbras
            Participant
              If it is melanoma, is my understanding correct that the excisional biopsy removed the cancerous lesion. This means, the next step would be to determine whether it has spread?
              • November 23, 2017 at 11:06 pm
              1Cbras
              Participant
                I apologize for venting the way I did.
                • November 23, 2017 at 10:09 pm
                1Cbras
                Participant
                  I dont know how much longer I can live with the unknown. I feel like I am having a nervous breakdown. I’m going to call the doctors office tomorrow s d ask them if they can call the laboratory.

                  I can’t stop thinking about it. I’m functioning poorly.

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