Having done one of Stephen’s courses before, I suspect this will offer an awful lot in educational value… I’m glad to announce that booking for this is now open. Full details of programmes for both days will be announced here shortly (see below for 9th … Skin lesion diagnostics and dermoscopy day conferences 8/9 June … Continue reading Skin lesion diagnostics and dermoscopy day conferences 8/9 June 2023, Southampton

A patient being followed up for a melanoma several years earlier was found to have this small lesion on their back. It was new as far as the skin …Melanoma picked up on skin check

A GP referred this patient on the urgent cancer pathway as a suspected melanoma. Rightly so. The lesion was new over the last year, growing and had …Irregular pigmented lesion on the cheek

A funny looking mole on someone’s forearm. As we say in England, ‘funny peculiar, not funny ‘ha ha!’ Note the background of white, sun-damaged skin. …Funny looking mole on forearm

This lesion was referred on the urgent melanoma pathway. Very short history. There is a longitudinal line of pigment, but also evidence of trauma. A …Dark line in a thumbnail

Older white person, scab that won’t heal on sun exposed skin, think basal cell cancer. There isn’t much to see, but let me show you a little …Scabby lesion on ear

This lesion had been present for over 5 years and there was no story of recent change. The patient had not been concerned, but a health care …SUSPICIOUS PIGMENTED LESION ON CHEEK

Contrast this lesion with the harmless solar lentigo I posted earlier. Very different. The big difference is irregularity of colour and dermoscopic …Lentigo maligna on forehead

This large dark lesion on elderly, white, sun-damaged skin breaks the ABCD rule. It is Asymmetrical, has an irregular Border (Colour is 2 shades of …Irregular dark ‘mole’ on back of hand

When people have already had one or more skin cancers, the prospects of getting further skin tumours increases, all the more so with advancing age. …Suspicious ‘mole’ on leg