Learn More About Lentigo Maligna

You will receive a call from a Florida Dermatology Specialists team member to discuss your results further. Your biopsy showed a lentigo maligna, which is a form of melanoma in situ found on sun-damaged skin. It generally requires surgery for treatment.

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Based on your pathology report, we can treat your lentigo maligna in the office. It had no measurable thickness on the biopsy report, which is the best possible prognosis for a melanoma. It generally requires an excision or staged excision when found on the head and neck, meaning a margin is taken around the cancer site and down into the fat layer. We will perform the surgery with local anesthesia here in the office.

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More information about staged excisions for lentigo maligna can be found here.

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A melanoma like this does not require any imaging or scans, based on information we have from the biopsy report. You also do not need a referral to a medical oncologist, but we would be happy to make one should you so desire.

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The surgery itself is therapeutic and nearly always curative.

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It’s important to have this procedure done soon.

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In addition, you will need to come for an examination every three months for the first year.

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For any surgical procedure, click here to review our Preoperative Concerns and Protocols for more information.​