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Brother with melanoma new question??

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    • February 4, 2017 at 10:10 pm
    John Bruno 2613
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      Hello my brother recently had malignant melanoma with a level 1 surgery. He is doing well, but had to get another mole removed this mole came back as a junctional lentiginous nevous, however, it extends to one peripheral edge of the specimen. My question is should he have it re-excised to clear all the margins even though it is benign? What are your guys opinions and experiences. Thanks!  

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        • February 5, 2017 at 11:26 am
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          yes, because if it's not a complete excision then it's not a 100% complete result, either. It's likely nothing but he should get a proper excision done (2mm margin). This is what you need to do for any suspected melanoma as it gets the whole lesion and allows for a complete pathology result.

          • February 5, 2017 at 11:26 am
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            yes, because if it's not a complete excision then it's not a 100% complete result, either. It's likely nothing but he should get a proper excision done (2mm margin). This is what you need to do for any suspected melanoma as it gets the whole lesion and allows for a complete pathology result.

            • February 5, 2017 at 11:26 am
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              yes, because if it's not a complete excision then it's not a 100% complete result, either. It's likely nothing but he should get a proper excision done (2mm margin). This is what you need to do for any suspected melanoma as it gets the whole lesion and allows for a complete pathology result.

              • February 5, 2017 at 3:36 pm
              Janner
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                If it was totally benign, then it is not considered necessary to get even clear margins.  I would spend no time worrying about this.  If he wants to have clear margins, that's his right.

                • February 5, 2017 at 3:36 pm
                Janner
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                  If it was totally benign, then it is not considered necessary to get even clear margins.  I would spend no time worrying about this.  If he wants to have clear margins, that's his right.

                  • February 5, 2017 at 3:36 pm
                  Janner
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                    If it was totally benign, then it is not considered necessary to get even clear margins.  I would spend no time worrying about this.  If he wants to have clear margins, that's his right.

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