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What is a good primary care geared derm reference?
I was trying to find more specific info on nodular melanoma, and Up to Date/MDconsult aren't cutting it. All I can find are one paragraph blurbs in most texts, which is frustrating, because when I see something concerning that is benign by ABCDE stuff, this is the thing still in the back of my mind.
Specifically, everything say "characterized by rapid vertical growth phase" but what is "rapid" days, weeks, months? And is this followed by a horizontal growth phase, or does the lesion just become invasive and cease local growth?
I guess the final answer would always be "just Bx/excise" but I would still like to get a better idea of the natural history involved.
I was trying to find more specific info on nodular melanoma, and Up to Date/MDconsult aren't cutting it. All I can find are one paragraph blurbs in most texts, which is frustrating, because when I see something concerning that is benign by ABCDE stuff, this is the thing still in the back of my mind.
Specifically, everything say "characterized by rapid vertical growth phase" but what is "rapid" days, weeks, months? And is this followed by a horizontal growth phase, or does the lesion just become invasive and cease local growth?
I guess the final answer would always be "just Bx/excise" but I would still like to get a better idea of the natural history involved.