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Questions for my Brother Please Help! Thanks!!!

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    • December 15, 2017 at 1:40 am
    John Bruno 2613
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      In the Last Year, my brother had one Melanoma, and a severely atypical mole and melanoma in situ could not be ruled out. Along with that, I have had multiple moles biopsied and the last one is as follows:

      INTERPRETATION FINAL DIAGNOSIS A. Right posterior shoulder: Irritated compound nevus, congenital type, focally extending to the deep edge of the specimen.

      Being that there is no mole left to monitor and that the deep edge of the specimen is still involved, my questions is this: Do I need to have this re-excised to get clear margins? I know that it is a benign mole.  But there is not a mole there left to monitor, and it is in the deep margin therefore, I am unclear of what to do? Can a Mole that is benign turn into Melanoma or an Atypical mole? I am just very unclear of what I should do can someone please advise me. 

       

      What would you do in this situation?

       

      Thanks so much!

       

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