RT Book, Section A1 Murtagh, John SR Print(0) ID 1124553677 T1 Embarrassing moments T2 Cautionary Tales: Authentic Case Histories from Medical Practice, 2e YR 2016 FD 2016 PB The McGraw-Hill companies PP Sydney, Australia SN 9780070285408 LK murtagh.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1124553677 RD 2024/03/28 AB We were very busy with sick patients, teaching students and the GP registrar, and taking many phone calls. However, I stopped to answer a query from our registrar who was inspecting a very black lesion on the forearm of a middle-aged male patient. ‘Do you think I should excise this suspicious pigmented lesion?’ After a cursory glance I said, ‘a good idea—use the standard elliptical excision with a 3 mm margin and send it to pathology’.