no code implementations • 18 Sep 2023 • Nathasha Naranpanawa, H. Peter Soyer, Adam Mothershaw, Gayan K. Kulatilleke, ZongYuan Ge, Brigid Betz-Stablein, Shekhar S. Chandra
An ugly duckling is an obviously different skin lesion from surrounding lesions of an individual, and the ugly duckling sign is a criterion used to aid in the diagnosis of cutaneous melanoma by differentiating between highly suspicious and benign lesions.
no code implementations • 1 Sep 2023 • Fatima Al Zegair, Nathasha Naranpanawa, Brigid Betz-Stablein, Monika Janda, H. Peter Soyer, Shekhar S. Chandra
As lesions within the same individual typically share similarities and follow a predictable pattern, an ugly duckling naevus stands out as unusual and may indicate the presence of a cancerous melanoma.