Daniel N., a medical student studying internal medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School, shares his story about comparing his patient’s presentation to images in VisualDx and alerted his attending to a malignant melanoma.
“During clinic in my family medicine clerkship, a young African American woman came in complaining of a changing nevus on her forearm. After examining it, I made my case to the attending I was with that it needed a careful biopsy, since I was concerned it wasn’t benign. I used VisualDx to show how other, similar examples ended up being melanomas. A biopsy was obtained, and eventually confirmed she had a cutaneous melanoma, fortunately in situ.”
*Melanoma pictured is not patient in this story.
Join us for our next Clinical Education Series Webinar “Is it Melanoma?” May 1, 2018 1 p.m. Eastern/12 p.m. Central. Dermatologist Dr. Azeen Sadeghian will analyze a case study to show how to accurately diagnose melanoma. Learn how to identify suspicious lesions, rule out alternative diagnoses in the differential, stage the lesion, and treatment options. The presentation will also touch on prevention, melanoma mimickers, and melanoma syndrome. Finally, take this opportunity to ask questions about diagnosing melanoma in patients in your practice. Register now as space is limited!
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