Thanks Janner, I appreciate you reading all that and answering! In my mind it seemed fine, but then I think about how well what if it actually means this or that or this or that and drive myself crazy thinking about it. I also wanted to say how nice it is of you to hang around answering questions for others…while this is my first time posting, when I had my first mildly atypical mole last year I totally freaked out (I wasn't as informed as I am now about this type of stuff, and even then obviously I'm no expert, but know enough not to freak out all the time over it :)), when I was googling things I would frequently see your answers to others questions and it helped "ease the fears." So thank you 🙂
Would you mind if I ask you another question? I will also discuss with my derm at my appt next year, but when I had my appt this year I had two biopsies done – one was a mild one and the other was the moderate one I had removed in July. When doing the excision I asked for a copy of all my path reports from this derm (for my records) and when I was looking at them at home, I noticed that the mild and moderate moles both had the same diagnosis and also the exact same microscopic description word for word….do you know if the dermatopathologists will use a "textbook" description that they "copy and paste" kinda thing if a biopsy fits in certain parameters? To me, I just don't see how two completely different moles could have the exact same microscopic description, especially with one being mildly atypical and the other moderate…
Also, the dermatopathologist put on there as a note – "NOTE: These changes correspond to those described in the dysplastic nevus syndrome, but they also occur sporadically. The significance depends on correlation with clinical findings." This was a note on both those moles, plus on the path report from my mild one I had biopsied last year…I guess he is not really saying I have DNS, but I might? Do you have any idea what that suggests? Thanks again!! 🙂
