Skin lesions neoplastic
Malignant lesions of the skin are common. Patients that develop squamous cell carcinoma and malignant melanoma often have familiar symptom conditions. A few skin lesions resemble malignancies. Lesions that are growing, spreading or pigmented, or the ones that occur on exposed areas of skin are of specific concern. Understanding the similarities and differences between those lesions enables the main physician to make a diagnosis in most cases by simple inspection and palpation. When in doubt, it is appropriate to perform an excisional biopsy of lesions or punch biopsy of larger lesions. Removal of premalignant lesions will reduce the incidence of malignant disease. Almost all skin cancers could be cured by early excision or destruction. For all these reasons, doctors must know about the risk factors for skin cancer, educate patients about risk reduction and comprise skin care for premalignant and malignant lesions as part ...