Research Article
Analyzing Differences in Diagnostic Accuracy of a Pigmented Lesion Assay for Melanoma
Table 2
Pathology diagnosis of biopsied lesions and associated PLA results.
| Biopsied lesion diagnosis n = 96 | PLA (−) | PLA (+) single | PLA (+) double |
| Invasive melanoma | 0 | 0 | 2 | Melanoma in situ | 5 | 4 | 10 | Pigmented nonmelanoma skin cancer | 1 | 0 | 1 | Atypical melanocytic nevus | 16 | 6 | 6 | Spitz nevus | 0 | 1 | 1 | Blue nevus | 3 | 0 | 0 | Benign melanocytic nevus | 10 | 17 | 5 | Solar lentigo | 3 | 1 | 0 | Lichen planus-like keratosis | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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