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ERVIN EPSTEIN, MD; FREDERICK G. NOVY, JR., MD; HERMAN V. ALLINGTON, MD

Arch Dermatol. 1965;91(4):335-341.

Abstract
Eight patients are reported in whom lesions clinically simulating melanomas were histologically proved to be capillary aneurysms.

It is possible that these lesions are due to noxious solar and/or roentgen irradiation.

The thesis that not every black, flat, growing lesion is a melanoma is stressed. Therefore, it follows that excessive sacrifice of normal tissue is not justified unless there is histopathologic or indisputable clinical evidence that a growth is malignant.

This is not to be construed as advocating that one should minimize the black lesion on the skin nor that histologic examination is not essential in such cases.

Author Affiliations
OAKLAND, CALIF

From the Department of Dermatology, Highland-Alameda County Hospital.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Dec 16, 1964.

Read before the 84th Annual Meeting of the American Dermatological Association, Maui, Hawaii, June 29-July 2, 1964.

Reprint requests to 447 29th St, Oakland, Calif 94609.

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