This lesion seems to be tracing along the natural skin stretch lines, I have seen BCCs do this a few times on the neck. The lesion is poorly defined,…Feature-rich basal cell cancer on neck

By contrast with the last case I posted, here is one of the 4 small non-melanoma skin cancers I picked up in a single clinic recently, doing check …Small skin cancer picked up on a routine check Some good points here. In Military Primary Care, we perhaps don’t see as much but melanoma is probably … Continue reading Small skin cancer picked up on a routine check

Capsaicin 8% Patch Treatment in Non-Freezing Cold Injury: Evidence for Pain Relief and Nerve Regeneration. https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2021.722875 An interesting paper purely from a research perspective. Cohort of 20 patients, 16 of whom completed the trial. Mean duration of symptoms 49 months (looks skewed – median should have been used). Not blinded, in fact no control group. … Continue reading Journal Club – Pain and NFCI in the Military

Nothing much to say about this lesion, just a big, bad, bleeding skin cancer. This is the back of an older white man that has a lot of brown marks on…Beware of new, firm and growing skin lumps Thanks again to Stephen for these excellent blog posts. If you haven’t heard it, a nice PodCast … Continue reading Beware of new, firm and growing skin lumps

This patient presented with a wart. As they were an older white person, a skin check was carried out and 2 lesions of interest were discovered on the…Two cancers picked up on a skin check

Experienced skin cancer diagnosticians are wary of nondescript pink spots and lumps especially on older white sun-damaged skin. The cancer we fear …Pink mark on sun damaged arm was skin cancer

A young female presented with a very dark mole on a foot. It had been present for as long as she could remember, more than 10 years at least. Another…A black mole on the foot

My friend Professor Aimilios Lallas, President of the International Dermoscopy Society, has posted this great video on a new approach to …Diagnosing lentigo maligna-the inverse approach

This older white man had a large lump on his skin. It started to itch and bleed, so he went to see his GP, who as anxious enough to refer him on the …Photographing your skin lesions can really help

This person presented with a mole that although small, was new and changing and looked wrong. There are 7 or 8 moles in view here, one near the …Small but new and darker mole