Table 2.

Tumour characteristics

	Curettage	Cryosurgery	Total
Tumours, n (%)	115 (50.4)	113 (49.6)	228
Location, n (%)
Neck	1 (0.9)	5 (4.4)	6 (2.6)
Trunk	78 (67.8)	85 (75.2)	163 (71.5)
Upper limbs	27 (23.5)	17 (15.0)	44 (19.3)
Thigh	9 (7.8)	6 (5.3)	15 (6.6)
Mean diameter in mm, (SD)	11.1 (3.8)	10.4 (3.1)	10.7 (3.5)
Range (mm)	5–20	5–19	5–20
Histopathologically verified lesions, n (%)	112 (97.4)	30 (26.5)	142 (63.2)
Verified prior to intervention	30	30	60
Histopathological subtype, n (%)
Superficial	86 (76.8)	30 (100)	116 (81.7)
Nodular	10 (8.9)		10 (7.0)
Superficial & nodular	3 (2.7)		3 (2.1)
Unspecified non‐aggressive growth pattern	13 (11.6)		13 (9.2)

mm, millimetres; SD, standard deviation.