76 years old, male. Patient worked for many years as a rural | Figure 1

ReginaldoCastro

Internal Medicine

Patient Details: 76 years old, male. Patient worked for many years as a rural worker exposed to the sun.

He has a history of cancer in the family (brother who died of colorectal cancer).

This lesion located in the parietal region on the right appeared 5 months ago. He said he cauterized this injury two weeks ago with dermatologist.

Doesn’t this lesion resemble a melanoma?

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