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Histopathologic reassessment of melanoma and other melanocytic skin lesions excised in 2009 and 2018-2019. | LitMetric

AI Article Synopsis

  • Histopathological evaluation of melanoma is often inconsistent among pathologists, leading to variability in diagnosis.
  • A study analyzed 196 melanocytic skin lesion slides, categorized by pathologists into six groups, with kappa values indicating moderate agreement (0.45 to 0.50) among them.
  • The accuracy of reassessments compared to original diagnoses varied widely, with nodular melanoma showing the highest agreement, suggesting that diagnostic criteria may be unclear and evolving over time.

Article Abstract

Background: Histopathological assessment of melanoma and other melanocytic skin lesions can be difficult and can vary between pathologists.

Material And Method: Histopathological slides of 196 melanocytic skin lesions from 2009 and 2018-2019 were obtained from the archive of the Department of Pathology at Oslo University Hospital and classified into six diagnostic categories: 1) benign nevus, 2) irregular/dysplastic nevus, i.e. dysplastic nevus with moderate atypia, 3) nevus with severe atypia, i.e. dysplastic nevus with severe atypia, 4) melanoma in situ, 5) superficial spreading or lentiginous melanoma and 6) nodular melanoma. The slides were then examined independently and blindly by three experienced pathologists and categorised in the same way. Interobserver agreement was assessed with Cohen's kappa, and agreement with the original diagnosis was assessed by the proportion of assessments in the same diagnostic category.

Results: The kappa values for the assessments from the three pathologists ranged from 0.45 to 0.50. The proportion of reassessments in agreement with the original diagnostic category was 85.7 % (95 % CI 75.7 to 92.1), 29.2 % (19.9 to 40.5), 27.8 % (20.9 to 36.0), 78.3 % (70.4 to 84.5), 81.2 % (73.7 to 86.9) and 93.3 % (82.1 to 97.7), respectively, i.e. highest for nodular melanoma. The proportion of reassessments in which the diagnosis was more serious or less serious than the original diagnosis was higher and lower, respectively, for slides from 2009 than for slides from 2018-2019.

Interpretation: The differences between the pathologists' assessments and deviations from the original diagnoses can be explained by poorly reproducible diagnostic criteria, diagnostic entities with overlapping morphology and increasing awareness of early signs of malignancy. Some evolution in diagnostic practice cannot be ruled out.

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