And original tumor did not have lateral clear margins either. So maybe the residual melanoma 1.47mm has to do with the lateral margins and we'll never know for sure about the real orinal depth…
And original tumor did not have lateral clear margins either. So maybe the residual melanoma 1.47mm has to do with the lateral margins and we'll never know for sure about the real orinal depth…
And original tumor did not have lateral clear margins either. So maybe the residual melanoma 1.47mm has to do with the lateral margins and we'll never know for sure about the real orinal depth…
You can't infer anything from the WLE depth. Your melanoma is at least 2.85mm. That's all you know. You cannot line up the depth of a WLE sample with the depth of a biopsy. From the way the biopsy is done, you slice the specimen after processing it in paraffin and do the same with the WLE. There is no way to align the two samples so the only one with any depth value is the biopsy. The WLE basically describes margins.
You can't infer anything from the WLE depth. Your melanoma is at least 2.85mm. That's all you know. You cannot line up the depth of a WLE sample with the depth of a biopsy. From the way the biopsy is done, you slice the specimen after processing it in paraffin and do the same with the WLE. There is no way to align the two samples so the only one with any depth value is the biopsy. The WLE basically describes margins.
You can't infer anything from the WLE depth. Your melanoma is at least 2.85mm. That's all you know. You cannot line up the depth of a WLE sample with the depth of a biopsy. From the way the biopsy is done, you slice the specimen after processing it in paraffin and do the same with the WLE. There is no way to align the two samples so the only one with any depth value is the biopsy. The WLE basically describes margins.
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