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Slow growing melanoma on the face

Cancer | Last Active: May 2, 2023 | Replies (17)
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@marlow2

I recently had Mohs surgery on my nose and they only had to go 1 layer to get all the basil cell. Last week I had a second incision on my cheek near my eye. Both times the report came back as severely atypical intraepidermal melanocytic proliferation. Has anyone experienced this type of report and what were the results?

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | May 2, 2023

@marlow2,
"Atypical intraepidermal melanocytic proliferation (AIMP) is a descriptive histopathologic term commonly used in these cases to denote morphology sharing some features with melanoma but failing to meet criteria of a definitive benign or malignant diagnosis." https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6857840/

Does the report also say whether or not they were able to get clear margins, meaning all the affected area was removed along with a margin of healthy skin?

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