Pigmented Lesion Clinic
The Pigmented Lesion Clinic is a screening clinic based in the department of dermatology that works in conjunction with the Cutaneous Oncology Program. It is the only Pigmented Lesion Clinic in New England utilizing total body digital photography for patients' pigmented lesions.
The clinic provides initial consultation for patients who are at high risk for melanoma, or with history of melanoma, particularly individuals with a large number of atypical moles. Digital total body photography or regional photography are taken after initial consultation and used as an objective baseline data at each visit to identify and track atypical lesions over time. Digital photos are taken by a trained professional photographer after consultation visit.
Appropriate Patients for PLC: This particular clinic is appropriate for patients with history of melanoma, multiple moles, or a large number of moles.
Patient Referral Process: Patients should be referred to Pigmented Lesion Clinic through their primary care physicians or dermatologists who have examined the patients and with full dermatologic and pathologic records. Patients are not recommended to self-refer without physician referral.
