Pigmented Lesion of Cheek. Presented by Dr. EUGENE F. TRAUB.
T. Z., a child aged 2
years, has twice previously been presented.
DISCUSSION
DR. A. BENSON CANNON: I think one should regard the pigmented lesions in the scar as being part of the original growth. I should never consider the patient cured until there has been a lapse of twenty to twenty-five years, as melanoma has been reported to have recurred as long as twenty-five years after removal of the original tumor. I believe that at the previous meeting of this society Dr. Kingsbury presented a patient in whom the melanoma had appeared at the site of the removal of a pigmented mole eight years previously.
DR. GEORGE M. LEWIS: Time alone will tell, but one point in favor of the lesion's being benign is the fact that no new lesions have developed in the period of observation.
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