Primary care carries a large burden of the diagnosis and management of skin cancer; having a structured approach with use of surveillance and diagnostic tools can facilitate early cancer detection.
Clinician/pathologist communication is important for accurate diagnosis of melanocytic skin tumours.
A girl aged one week presented to the general practitioner for a routine baby check.
A woman aged 30 years presented with a six-month history of an expanding plaque on the right superior shin.
This article presents an approach to the infant presenting with neck swelling, and an overview of the diagnosis and management of fibromatosis colli.
Punch biopsy is a poor diagnostic modality for clinically suspicious pigmented lesions.
A case study of angiokeratoma of Fordyce.
Trichofolliculoma is a hard, dome-shaped, skin-coloured papule that presents with a central pore and a whitish immature hair; excision should be considered to confirm diagnosis and treatment.
Causes of paediatric nasal obstruction are diverse, and differentiating the benign from the worrisome can be challenging because of symptomatic overlap and non-specific clinical presentations.
This article describes common changes that may occur in pigmented lesions in pregnancy, features that are of concern and the management of suspected melanoma in pregnant women.
The broad and often subtle presentation of coeliac disease makes detection subtle, and 80% of Australians with this disease remain undiagnosed.
This article discusses shave procedures and their role in diagnosing an array of benign, inflammatory and malignant skin conditions.
The purpose of this study was to develop a clinical prediction rule based on identified risk factors for surgical site infection in a large general practice patient cohort.
Pilomatrixoma is a rare benign appendageal tumour that can be easily mistaken for more frequent subcutaneous nodules because of some similar features.
Supporting the patient in coping with the long-term nature of granulomatous lobular mastitis and the chronic discharging lesions is essential.