Suspected melanoma - excisional biopsy then wide excision

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Teaching point

Suspected melanoma requires complete excisional biopsy with a narrow (2 mm) margin to obtain accurate Breslow thickness, followed by wide local excision dictated by thickness. Ocular melanoma is referred to a specialist (ocular oncology/plastics).

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