Until more information can be gathered from the national pediatric melanoma and melanocytic neoplasms database organized by Dr. Bruce Overbook at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Dr. Swetter urged open and frank discussions among medical professionals and families about the diagnostic uncertainty regarding these lesions.
An 8-mm raised, blue-black nodule on an 11-year-old raised uncertainty among Stanford University specialists. Stanford University Departments of Dermatology and Pathology and the Melanoma Care Coalition, Pharmadura, LLC