Would You Offer Reassurance--or Biopsy?

August 24, 2010

A 24-year-old man is concerned about a large, hairy "mole" on his left shoulder. The lesion appeared during adolescence as a group of small, dark blotches. These eventually coalesced into a hyperpigmented patch with hair and acne.

Would you biopsy this lesion?

(Case and photo courtesy of Kendall Lane, MD.)

Answer: Becker Nevus

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by Beverly Stuart | April 24, 2011 11:57 AM EDT

Biopsy ASAP

by Anne Carlisle | April 21, 2011 11:43 AM EDT

Becker's Nevus. Reassurance

by mohamed fawzy | April 21, 2011 12:58 AM EDT

I think the best is regular follow by Dermoscope every 6 months for detection of any malignant transformations

by JOSEPHINE JUNG | April 19, 2011 8:08 PM EDT

yes

by Wright Hernandez | March 21, 2011 11:08 PM EDT

it is a growing lesion nad needs to be biopsed.

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