Research summary: Diagnosis, treatment & surveillance for lentigo maligna

For many of us, especially in Australia, and even more so in the most sun-damaged parts of Australia, the diagnosis of lentigo maligna melanoma is very challenging.

Many of us see many patients with small, flat, indistinct pigmentation on the face (and head and neck). Are these lesions actinic keratosis, solar lentigo, of lentigo maligna? It can be tricky, and we are always conscious that our biopsy may be in a cosmetically sensitive area.

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So, this month’s paper is especially useful and relevant: a really powerful summary consensus paper on the diagnosis, treatment and surveillance for lentigo maligna.

Well worth a careful read, reflection on your current practice, consideration on what might need to change. And, of course, log your CPD hours for doing so!

Read the full paper here.

– Prof David Wilkinson

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