…report. A shave biopsy of a pigmented lesion that turns out to be a melanoma can make the Breslow thickness unmeasurable and staging therefore impossible…

…margin must be included in the freeze. Contraindications Absolute: Suspected melanoma or any other pigmented lesion of uncertain diagnosis. A lesion in which histology is…

…a herpetic whitlow ), subungual melanoma (a pigmented longitudinal nail band that is widening, with pigment in the cuticle — Hutchinson's sign). An open fracture of…