Freezing kits use cryotherapy (the use of extremely low temperatures) to destroy unwanted skin tissue. Benign lesions, like skin tags, usually require temperatures of −13°F to −58°F (−25 ...

A 41-year-old woman with no significant past medical history presents with a solitary nodule on her lower left ankle. The lesion has been growing over the past several months. The patient first ...

Tumors, however, can be either benign or malignant. Other differences between cysts and tumors also exist. Finding a lump under your skin can be alarming, but most of the time, it’s harmless.

A lipoma is a lump under the skin that occurs due to an overgrowth ... wants to get rid of it for cosmetic reasons. Fatty tumors can be benign or cancerous. However, most experts agree that ...

After a biopsy, the lesion was found to be a superficial cancer not unlike basal cell, the most common form of benign skin cancer. The second most common skin cancer is squamous. While neither is ...

Investigators sought to determine the safety and accuracy of remote cutaneous confocal microscopy vs histopathological diagnosis of melanoma and keratinocyte carcinoma.