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. 2024 Oct 17;11(10):1036. doi: 10.3390/bioengineering11101036

Table 4.

Distribution of case ratings, confidence in pattern diagnosis, and management for each diagnosis.

Atypical
Nevus 
Lentigo
Maligna 
Lentigo
Maligna
Melanoma
Pigmented
Actinic Keratosis 
Seborrheic
Keratosis 
Seborrheic
Lichenoid
Keratosis
Solar
Lentigo 
Case rating
Very easy 11 8.5% 19 14.7% 24 18.6% 23 17.8% 9 7.0% 0 0.00% 43 33.3%
Easy 52 10.1% 115 22.3% 37 7.2% 110 21.4% 26 5.1% 21 4.1% 154 29.9%
Moderate 106 10.2% 306 29.6% 102 9.9% 202 19.5% 44 4.2% 28 2.7% 247 23.9%
Difficult 71 12.5% 177 31.2% 91 16.0% 113 19.9% 19 3.4% 10 1.8% 87 15.3%
Very difficult 27 13.6% 52 26.3% 30 15.2% 35 17.7% 7 3.5% 4 2.0% 43 21.7%
Confidence in diagnosis
Very confident 24 8.1% 60 20.2% 35 11.8% 47 15.8% 15 5.1% 11 3.7% 105 35.4%
Mildly confident 110 11.6% 249 26.2% 82 8.6% 201 21.1% 54 5.7% 30 3.2% 226 23.7%
Uncertain 72 10.3% 220 31.5% 97 13.9% 139 19.9% 20 2.9% 15 2.2% 135 19.3%
Mildly under-confident 34 13.3% 68 26.7% 42 16.5% 45 17.7% 8 3.1% 2 0.8% 56 22.0%
Not confident 27 11.1% 72 29.6% 28 11.5% 51 21.0% 8 3.3% 5 2.1% 52 21.4%
Management
Skin biopsy 74 8.8% 314 37.2% 187 22.2% 129 15.3% 28 3.3% 19 2.3% 93 11.0%
Reflectance confocal microscopy 72 12.1% 165 27.7% 64 10.8% 122 20.5% 24 4.0% 20 3.4% 128 21.5%
Close dermoscopic follow-up 121 12.0% 190 18.9% 33 3.3% 232 23.1% 53 5.3% 24 2.4% 353 35.1%