Practice Question
The nurse is educating adolescent high school students about when to seek medical attention regarding suspected cancerous skin lesions. Which of the following are included in the nurse's teaching? The lesion has:
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Correct Answer:
An irregular border.
Rationale:
An irregular border.
✧ Irregular borders are a key characteristic of melanoma, a malignant skin lesion.
✧ Asymmetry and irregular borders are part of the ABCD rule used to assess suspicious lesions for potential skin cancer.
✧ Regular borders are usually seen in benign lesions, while irregular borders suggest malignancy.
Asymmetrical shape.
🔷 Asymmetry is a hallmark feature of malignant melanoma.
🔷 In non-cancerous lesions, the two halves of the lesion usually look symmetrical, whereas asymmetry suggests a cancerous growth.
🔷 This change in shape is one of the first signs that the lesion is abnormal and warrants further evaluation.
Been increasing in size.
💠 Increasing size is another critical warning sign for skin cancer, particularly melanoma.
💠 Benign moles typically remain stable in size, while cancerous lesions tend to grow and change in appearance over time.
💠 A lesion that has increased in size should be evaluated for possible malignancy and may require biopsy.
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Question Details
- Category: RN Nursing Exam(s)
- Subcategory: ATI Exam(s)
- Domain: RN ATI MedSurg
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