In this week’s case discussion from Dr David Stewart, we look at a 84-year-old male patient who was seen by another GP with a new tender lesion on the rim of his helix. That GP gave him antibiotics but the lesion didn’t improve. The patient has a history of squamous cell carcinoma and lentigo maligna. […] The post Case discussion: How would you treat this patient? [22 May] appeared first on Skin Cancer Blog ..read more

In this week’s case discussion, submitted by Dr Randa Al-Hajali, we look at a 76-year-old male patient who presented for his routine skin check. This large patch was noted on the right parietal scalp. What do you think of this lesion? What would you do next? Please leave your comment today and check back on […] The post Case discussion: How would you treat this patient? [15 May] appeared first on Skin Cancer Blog ..read more

In this week’s case discussion from Dr Peter Ie, we look at a 58-year-old male patient with a non-pigmented, pink, smooth lesion found on the lower back during a routine skin cancer check. What are the possible differential diagnoses? What is your plan for follow-up? Please leave your comment today and check back on Wednesday […] The post Case discussion: How would you treat this patient? [8 May] appeared first on Skin Cancer Blog ..read more

In this week’s case discussion from Dr Heather Lawson, we look at a 64-year-old male patient with a personal history of basal cell carcinoma 10 years ago and a family history of a father with melanoma. The patient presented to Dr Lawson’s clinic for the first time after being referred by his GP for removal […] The post Case discussion: How would you treat this patient? [1 May] appeared first on Skin Cancer Blog ..read more

In this week’s case discussion from Dr Terry Harvey, we look at a 50-year-old female patient who presented with two lesions on her right cheek. She could recall that one had been there for decades and the other was new, but she couldn’t remember which one was which. Which two common facial lesions will be reported […] The post Case discussion: How would you treat this patient? [17 April] appeared first on Skin Cancer Blog ..read more

This week’s case, submitted by Dr Raghu Vasanthan, features a 68-year-old female patient with a lesion on her back that has possibly changed since her last skin check three months ago. The lesion had previously been stable for the last 10+ years. The patient has a history of multiple BCCs. What do you make of this […] The post Case discussion: How would you treat this patient? [3 April] appeared first on Skin Cancer Blog ..read more

This week’s case discussion, submitted by Dr Robert Teunisse, features an 80-year-old male patient with a past history of two melanomas in situ. Dr Teunisse noted two suspicious lesions on the patient’s back during his routine skin check. The first is on the right scapula. What do you make of this lesion? What would you […] The post Case discussion: How would you treat this patient? [20 March] appeared first on Skin Cancer Blog ..read more

This week’s case discussion, submitted by Dr David Stewart, features a 53-year-old female patient who visited Dr Stewart after attending a dermatologist appointment with her son the preceding week. During that consult, the dermatologist had noted a lesion on her arm and insisted she attend her usual GP to get it removed. Because the appointment […] The post Case discussion: How would you treat this patient? [13 March] appeared first on Skin Cancer Blog ..read more

This week’s case discussion, submitted by Dr Renuka Ranasinghe, features a 79-year-old female patient with Type I skin and a history of multiple non-melanoma skin cancers as well as a melanoma on her left eye. This pink scaly lesion was found on her left upper arm during her skin check. The patient reports that the […] The post Case discussion: How would you treat this patient? [27 February] appeared first on Skin Cancer Blog ..read more

In this week’s discussion, submitted by Dr Renuka Ranasinghe, we look at the challenging case of an 88-year-old lady with Dementia and Parkinson’s Disease who came in for a skin check. She is wheelchair bound, and frequent writhing movements were an issue during examination and treatment (therefore, apologies for the blur in the photos). According […] The post Case discussion: How would you treat this patient? [20 February] appeared first on Skin Cancer Blog ..read more