JDDG - Journal of the German Society of Dermatology 2003-Jan
[Pseudomelanoma following laser treatment or laser-treated melanoma?].
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Ingia / Ingia
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Maneno muhimu
Kikemikali
BACKGROUND
The increasing use of lasers for the removal of pigmented skin lesions has led to a growing risk of erroneously treated malignant melanocytic tumours.
METHODS
In two patients, both of whom developed a melanoma, the lesions were initially misdiagnosed clinically as a benign naevus and treated with laser vaporisation.
RESULTS
On recurrence of the tumours, the diagnosis of melanoma was finally established by histological examination of the excised tumours in which differentiation from pseudomelanoma remained difficult.
CONCLUSIONS
In such cases of initially misdiagnosed melanomas, laser removal not only complicates and delays the correct diagnosis but might also worsen the prognosis after recurrence of an incompletely removed tumour.
