How would you treat this hand lesion?

A 48-year-old male with an elevated, firm and growing lesion on his right hand. Previous BCC excision adjacent to lesion. What would you do?

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This case discussion, submitted by Dr Robert Teunisse, features a 48-year-old male patient with an elevated, firm and growing lesion on his right hand. There is a previous BCC excision adjacent to this lesion.

What do you think, and what would you do?

 

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Update

Here is the pathology report. The patient was referred to a local melanoma surgeon who did a wide local excision and lymph nodes from elbow and axilla.

 


 

 
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