What Does A Spot Behind The Ear Indicate?

Posted on Wed, 8 Mar 2017

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Question : Hey i found a spot on my ear that i have not noticed before and i am worried it is skin cancer. My girlfriend says she has seen it for a good long while but i have not.

Answered by Dr. Dr. Kakkar (24 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
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Detailed Answer:
Hello.

Kindly upload an image in "reports section"

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Dr. Kakkar (1 minute later)

Here are a few photos of it, i am in thr sun all the time and only 25 years old

Answered by Dr. Dr. Kakkar (5 hours later)

Brief Answer:
I suggest a dermoscopy

Detailed Answer:
Thank you.

Its a pigmented lesion on the antihelix of ear. It looks to me as a flat, well defined, round or oval nevus with regular margins but it has different shades of brown i.e XXXXXXX with dark brown spots in the center. It could be a dysplastic nevus. I suggest a dermoscopy examination specially since you think that it has recently appeared or changed.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Dr. Kakkar (15 hours later)

Do you belive that it could be cancerous?

Answered by Dr. Dr. Kakkar (12 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Could possibly be

Detailed Answer:
Hi.

It could possibly be either a dysplastic nevus or an in situ cancer. However it may turn out to be totally benign on biopsy.
A dermoscopy would help in further deciding on whether to biopsy it or keep it under observation.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj