Melanocytic Lesions with Scarring and Desmoplasia (Sep 26, 2022 - Sep 25, 2025)
Melanocytic Lesions with Scarring and Desmoplasia is organized by Opus Medicus, Inc.
Course Dates:
Last Review Date: 26-Sep-2022
Expiration Date: 25-Sep-2025
Description:
This course is designed to identify the problems and pitfalls associated with the pathologic diagnosis of melanocytic lesions with fibrosis. It presents multiple case examples and descriptive summary slides to describe the characteristics and features of irritated melanocytic nevi, recurrent banal and dysplastic nevi, regression-associated fibrosis in malignant melanomas, sclerosing nevi, and desmoplastic melanoma. It describes pitfalls, limitations of interpretation, and applications of immunohistochemistry, utilizing an image-intensive format.
Objectives:
• Identify the histology of irritated nevi.
• Identify the histology of recurrent nevi and limitations of diagnosis based on recurrence.
• Understand pitfalls in interpretation in relation to the diagnosis of malignancy.
• Differentiate sclerosing nevi from desmoplastic melanoma and understand the utility of immunostains.
Topics:
• Irritated nevi.
• Recurrent nevus phenomenon.
• Regression in melanoma.
• Sclerosing nevi, desmoplastic melanoma, and utility of immunostains.