CASE STUDIES - Skin Biopsies

CASE STUDY 1 Punch Biopsy

	BCC of the Back of the ear
	A small hole is punched through the suspicious skin lesion.
	A small sample of the suspicious skin lesion is taken using Punch Biopsy.
	A sample of "punched" suspicious skin lesion is send to laboratory for histological diagnosis. In this instance, the diagnosis was Basal Cell Carcinoma.

CASE STUDY 2 - SHAVE BIOPSY

	Squamous Cell carcinoma of the left face
	A raised skin lesions such can easily taken off for examination by "shaving".
	A Sample of shaved suspicious skin lesion is send to laboratory for histological diagnosis. In this instance, the diagnosis was Squamous cell carcinoma.
	A small sample of the suspicious skin lesion is taken using Punch Biopsy.

CASE STUDY 3 - EXCISIONAL BIOPSY

	Malignant Melanoma of the back
	Suspicious lesion was surgically removed as a WHOLE for microscopic examination. This is called excision biopsy,
	The resulting surgical defect is sutured. In this instance, the diagnosis was Malignant Melanoma and a further 10mm of skin was removed from both sides of the surgical scar to ensure that all its roots were removed.