Impact of Clinical Information on Melanocytic Skin Lesion Pathology Diagnosis

Belinda Lai; H. Peter Soyer; Lin Zhu; Peter M. Ferguson; Blake O’Brien; Tristan Dodds; Richard A Scolyer; Gerardo Ferrara; Giuseppe Argenziano; Katy Bell

doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.4281

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Providing clinical information to pathologists may improve diagnostic confidence and interobserver agreement and result in upgrading of the histopathologic diagnosis. While providing the clinical diagnosis may prevent missing a progressive melanoma, more research is needed to determine the appropriateness of histopathology upgrading when clinical images are provided and the impacts on patient outcomes.

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