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I really can't fathom how that which got by us. Many thanks for your continued efforts to improve the grammar and purify the dialect of dermatology. I really can't fathom how that which got by us. Many thanks for your continued efforts to improve the grammar and purify the dialect of dermatology. Which nevus or that nevus?Journal of the American Academy of DermatologyVol. 53Issue 3PreviewTo the Editor: I could not help but notice an erroneous, non-restrictive which in the caption to Fig 1 in a recent article.1 The phrase should have contained a restrictive that. The “involved surgical margins are noted in the nevus that was removed by an elliptical excision,” not which, (and not in the nevi that were punched or shaved). I can't say that I wouldn't ordinarily quibble over such things even if they were inconsequential, but in this case the which/that error demolishes the point the authors were trying to make. Full-Text PDF When to ask your dermatopathologist to evaluate for surgical margins and when not: A matter of confusion for dermatologists and dermatopathologists alikeJournal of the American Academy of DermatologyVol. 52Issue 6PreviewDermatopathologists are often asked to evaluate margins on surgically removed skin specimens. In addition to basal or squamous cell carcinomas, this request is frequently made for melanocytic lesions. While the evaluation of surgical margins is usually not a problem in melanomas (either because they are excised with a wide tumor-free margin or because they subsequently will be treated by reexcision, even if the biopsy margin is uninvolved), evaluation of margins may be more difficult in benign melanocytic lesions. Full-Text PDF
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