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What Does Biopsy Of A Suspicious Mole Showing Abnormal Cells, Mean?

Posted on Mon, 20 Jan 2014

Question: If a scrape procedure is done on a suspicious mole and lab results come back severe with abnormal cells but not a melanoma....does this mean another surgery must be done with a wider margin of tissue removed?

Answered by Dr. Haseena Hamdani (1 hour later)

Brief Answer: Yes. Detailed Answer: Hi, Welcome to health Care Magic, If Biopsy of a suspicious mole is showing Abnormal cells, it means it is precancerous stage of Melanoma. it is very easy to cure by surgical Excision with a wide margin of healthy cells. It has very good prognosis at this stage. Best Wishes, Dr H Hamdani

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