Biopsy Skin Questions

Where is the cancer?
Squamous cell carcinoma can be of the oral cavity, laryngopharynx, lung, esophagus, anal canal and rarely of salivary glands and breast.
The treatment depends upon the site and the stage.
For e.g laryngeal cancers of small size may be treated by laser or radiation. Oral cancers by surgery. Anal cancers by chemoradiation. I would be able to opine better if you send me the details and the report. Subcm is a small cancer and the chances of cure are high of treated a...more

It will turn into a burn scar. Therefore you need to consult a plastic surgeon. I am based in chandigarh you can contact me through Lybrate.

sootshekhar ras 125 mg twice a day
gandhak rasayan avleh 10 gm twice a day


relief in 3-4 days and for complete cure take it for 60 days only

avoid spicy and oily food

Cancer is caused by uncontrolled growth of cells in an area of our body. It can be due to loss of function of tumor suppressor genes or due to increased function of oncogenes.
Screening is recommended for a few cancers to help in early detection and cure.
Breast Cancer: screening mammography from age 45 years every 2-3 yearly. Cervical cancer: Pap smear (3 yearly) or HPV (5 yearly) from age 26 to 55
Prostate cancer PSA level every 2 years from age 50.
Oral cancers: visual inspect...more

If TB gold is negative and mantoux is border line and no improvement with 50 dyas of TB treatment then need revisit diagnosis of TB

Lymph node enlarged for 3 years-Need answer of following questions-
1-which lymph nodes-area
2-how many lymph nodes
3-how much enlarged
4-they are painful or not.
5-any change in the size recently.
6-consistency of lymphnodes
7-any associated symptoms.
Giant pletelets may seen in peripheral smear due to many reasons like Because of EDTA/anticoagulant used in sample collection, because of certain antibiotics or in indicate ITP (immune thrombocytopenic purpura)

Hi Lybrate-User,
There are so many treatments for skin tag and the best is Radio frequeny cautery.

We need to address the axilla especially for staging. 30% of nodes which are negative for cancer on ultrasound, PET scan and Core Biopsy or FNAC, turn out to be positive on sentinel node Biopsy.
Ideal procedure for a negative axilla should be a sentinel node Biopsy and if found positive, then an Axillary clearance should be done. (some prefer to leave it at that if 1-2 nodes only positive or radiate the axilla)
This staging of Axilla helps to decide the prognosis of the disease. E.g we m...more

These lesions can be treated by variety of methods effectively. There is cauterization, rf ablation, plasma therapy, cryotherapy, laser and so on. All these have their own pros and cons. U can visit my clinic in Bangalore or text me online for more details. Once examined and discussed we can decide the best treatment.

Most probably reactive enlargement to some infection in the vicinity. Follow your doctor's advice to take short course of antibiotic.