Reproducibility of the histopathologic diagnosis of melanoma and related melanocytic lesions: Results from a testing study and a reference guide for providers

Michael W Piepkorn; Megan M Eguchi; Raymond L Barnhill; David E Elder; Kathleen F Kerr; Stevan R Knezevich; Joann G Elmore

doi:10.1016/j.jdin.2022.06.017

Reproducibility of the histopathologic diagnosis of melanoma and related melanocytic lesions: Results from a testing study and a reference guide for providers

JAAD Int. 2022 Jun 22:9:7-10. doi: 10.1016/j.jdin.2022.06.017. eCollection 2022 Dec.

Authors

Michael W Piepkorn^{1

2}, Megan M Eguchi³, Raymond L Barnhill⁴, David E Elder⁵, Kathleen F Kerr⁶, Stevan R Knezevich⁷, Joann G Elmore³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington.
² Dermatopathology Northwest, Bellevue, Washington.
³ Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
⁴ Department of Translational Research, Institut Curie, and UFR of Medicine University of Paris, Paris, France.
⁵ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
⁶ Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
⁷ Pathology Associates, Clovis, California.

No abstract available

Keywords: diagnostic accuracy; diagnostic reproducibility; histopathologic diagnosis; intraobserver reproducibility; melanocytic skin lesions; melanoma.