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Rely on Lesion Diameter Measurement

Published on Mon Feb 19, 2024

Question: A 27-year-old patient who is 40 weeks pregnant presented to the provider to excise a lesion from the patient’s nose with an excised diameter of 2.0 cm. They intend to do an adjacent tissue transfer (ATT) for minimal scarring but wait for the pathology report to determine if the lesion is malignant and to ensure clear margins. With a pathologic [...]
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