AP118 Melanocytic Lesions of the Skin: Current Topics
2:00–4:00 pm
2.5 CME/SAM CREDITS
This two-hour presentation will consider common and uncommon variants of cutaneous melanoma, including essential biological concepts that enter into clinical diagnosis and management. In addition, the course includes a discussion of benign melanocytic lesions that may be confused with melanoma, such as Spitz nevus, dysplastic (Clark’s) nevus, cellular blue nevus, genital nevus, nevus recurrens, and others. Finally, the course will undertake an evidence-based discussion of sentinel lymph node biopsies for melanoma, in the context of current biological knowledge of metastasis in general. Following this session, participants may complete a related online self-assessment module, available at cap.org through October 26, 2011.
You will learn to:
- Define three common and two uncommon histological variants of cutaneous melanoma
- Explain the biological significance of the radial and vertical growth phases in melanoma of the skin and describe how they can be recognized microscopically
- Critique the concept of malignant Spitz nevus
- Discuss the validity of sentinel lymph node biopsy for staging of cutaneous melanoma, in the context of biological knowledge of metastasis in general
Faculty
Mark R. Wick, MD, FCAP