Punch 'scoring': a technique that facilitates melanoma diagnosis of clinically suspicious pigmented lesions.
Judith GroganCaroline L CooperTristan J DoddsPascale GuiteraScott W MenziesRichard A ScolyerPublished in: Histopathology (2017)
The 'punch scoring technique' allows direct clinicopathological correlation and facilitates early melanoma diagnosis by focusing attention on clinically suspicious areas. Furthermore, it does not require special expertise in ex-vivo clinical techniques for implementation. Nevertheless, in some cases examination of the lesion beyond the scored focus is also necessary to make a diagnosis of melanoma.