Clinical Assessment of Lesions by Primary Care Clinicians (PCC) Investigators
Clinical Diagnosis | n = 177 |
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Benign | 155/177 (87.6%) |
Malignant | 22/177 (12.4%) |
Level of Confidence | |
High | 160/177 (90.4%) |
Low | 17/177 (9.6%) |
Malignant Diagnoses | |
BCC (Basal Cell Carcinoma) | 9/22 (40.9%) |
SCC (Squamous Cell Carcinoma) | 8/22 (36.4%) |
Melanoma | 5/22 (22.7%) |
Benign Diagnoses | |
Seborrheic Keratosis | 51/155 (32.9%) |
Solar Lentigo | 31/155 (20.0%) |
Actinic Keratosis | 17/155 (11.0%) |
Mildly atypical melanocytic nevus | 12/155 (7.7%) |
Benign other | 10/155 (6.5%) |
Simple Lentigo | 7/155 (4.5%) |
Dermatofibroma | 7/155 (4.5%) |
Angioma or vascular lesion | 6/155 (3.9%) |
Senile Purpure | 2/155 (1.3%) |
Sebaceous hyperplasia | 2/155 (1.3%) |
Moderately atypical melanocytic nevus | 2/155 (1.3%) |
Epidermal cyst | 2/155 (1.3%) |
Benign melanocytic nevus | 2/155 (1.3%) |
Verruca | 1/155 (0.6%) |
Spitz Nevus | 1/155 (0.6%) |
Blue nevus | 1/155 (0.6%) |
Acrochordon | 1/155 (0.6%) |
Decision Regarding Further Evaluation | |
Not concerned | 150/177 (84.7%) |
Biopsy | 26/177 (14.7%) |
Refer to Dermatologist | 1/177 (0.6%) |