Interspecialty differences in the surgical diagnosis and management of seborrheic keratoses

Three hundred thirty surgical biopsies and excisions with the diagnosis of seborrheic keratosis were reviewed at a single institution. Dermatologists were found to perform less intensive biopsy procedures and excisions for seborrheic keratoses than non-dermatologists, due to a tendency of non-dermatolgists to perform high intensity surgical procedures when the diagnosis of seborrheic keratosis was not clinically suspected (p < 0.0001). No significant associations were found for surgical procedure intensity and patient age, gender, ethnicity, subtype of seborrheic keratosis or tumor location.