Photographic Confirmation of Biopsy Sites Saves Lives

Fed Pract. 2021 May;38(5):227-231. doi: 10.12788/fp.0055.

Authors

Jeremy J Jueng¹, Anand S Desai¹, Nita Kohli¹

Affiliation

¹ is a Medical Student and is an Assistant Professor of Dermatology at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine in Orlando. is a Resident Physician at University of Florida in Gainesville. Nita Kohli is a Physician at the Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care Center in Biloxi, Mississippi.

Abstract

Quality photographic documentation of lesions prior to biopsy can decrease the risk of wrong site surgery, improve patient care, and save lives.

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