Amelonotic Melanoma?? Don't they turn up around them there parts?
Either way it's probably time you got a 9 iron and chipped patient to
skin clinic.
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Date: 06 July 1998 17:29
Subject: derma-diagnostic help
>Would any dermatological buff know what a sort of not-wart growth under
the
>head of the first metatarsal, unlike a typical verruca, might be? It
started
>as a patch of thickening and then seems to have developed a few white
>points, visible when it is pared, but it is not circumscribed like a
plantar
>wart. A chiropodist agreed that it was not really like a wart but
didn't
>know what else it could be and could only suggest the usual salicylic
>acid/paring treatment, which after 6 months has achieved nothing. The
pain
>from it restricts (my other half's) walking range. My recommendation is
to
>stop doing anything and get a dermatologist to look at it when it is
florid
>and in its natural state, but if anyone has any better suggestions . .
.?
>
>Senior Lurker
>
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