Pintas (nevus): podem ser de nascença ou aparecerem na infância e adolescência. São marcas marrons ou negras, planas ou elevadas, pequenas ou grandes. Podem estar presentes em qualquer parte do corpo. Pessoas com mais de 100 pintas devem ser examinadas regularmente devido ao maior risco de câncer de pele. As pintas por si só não requerem tratamento, a não ser que sejam grandes, suspeitas ou causem incômodo estético. Por terem pigmento mais profundamente na pele, a remoção das pintas deve ser preferencialmente cirúrgica, com anestesia local e exame de biópsia.
Sinais para se suspeitar que uma pinta (ou pintas) sejam câncer de pele - siga o ABCDE:
A = assimetria: a pinta deixa de ser arredondada ou ovalada e passa a ter um formato estranho.
B = bordas/contornos irregulares, semelhantes a mapas.
C = cores muito variadas numa mesma pinta, como marrom claro, marrom escuro, cinza, preto, rosa...
D = diâmetro maior que 6mm ou 0,6cm.
E (do inglês "enlargement) = crescimento rápido da pinta.
Qualquer um desses sinais deve alarmar quanto ao risco de câncer de pele e o médico dermatologista deve ser consultado.
Moles (nevi) can be from birth or develop during childhood and adolescence. They are brown or black, flat or raised, small or big marks. They can be present in any part of the body. People with more than 100 moles should be examined regularly due to higher risk of skin cancer. The moles themselves do not require treatment unless they are large, suspicious or cause aesthetic nuisance. By having pigment deeper in the skin, removal of moles should preferably surgical under local anesthesia and with biopsy examination .
Signs to suspect that a mole (or moles) are skin cancer - follow the ABCDE :
A = asymmetry: the normal round or oval shape is replaced by a strange format.
B = borders: irregular contours, similar to maps.
C = colors which are very variable in the same mole as light brown, dark brown, gray , black, pink...
D = diameter more than 0.6 cm or 6mm.
E = enlargement or rapid growth.
Any of these signs should alarm about the risk of skin cancer and the dermatologist should be consulted.
Moles (nevi) can be from birth or develop during childhood and adolescence. They are brown or black, flat or raised, small or big marks. They can be present in any part of the body. People with more than 100 moles should be examined regularly due to higher risk of skin cancer. The moles themselves do not require treatment unless they are large, suspicious or cause aesthetic nuisance. By having pigment deeper in the skin, removal of moles should preferably surgical under local anesthesia and with biopsy examination .
Signs to suspect that a mole (or moles) are skin cancer - follow the ABCDE :
A = asymmetry: the normal round or oval shape is replaced by a strange format.
B = borders: irregular contours, similar to maps.
C = colors which are very variable in the same mole as light brown, dark brown, gray , black, pink...
D = diameter more than 0.6 cm or 6mm.
E = enlargement or rapid growth.
Any of these signs should alarm about the risk of skin cancer and the dermatologist should be consulted.
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