Histopathologic reassessment of melanoma and other melanocytic skin lesions excised in 2009 and 2018-2019.
Petter GjersvikMarit B VeierødAlec ThompsonKrzysztof GrzybKatrine Høeg LillandNikolay VazovIngrid RoscherAssia V BassarovaPublished in: Tidsskrift for den Norske laegeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny raekke (2022)
The differences between the pathologists' assessments and deviations from the original diagnoses can be explained by poorly reproducible diagnostic criteria, diagnostic entities with overlapping morphology and increasing awareness of early signs of malignancy. Some evolution in diagnostic practice cannot be ruled out.