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Ama, a 28-year-old woman with HbSS disease, is scheduled for elective open myomectomy at the UGMC surgical unit in Accra. Her pre-operative haemoglobin is 8.8 g/dL. The haematology team has recommende…

Kofi, a 48-year-old teacher from Accra, presents to the Korle Bu surgical clinic with a 3-month history of a changing pigmented lesion on his right lower leg. He first noticed the lesion two years ago…

A 70-year-old retired fisherman from the Volta Region is brought to the regional hospital surgical clinic by his daughter with a 2-year history of a lesion on his right ear pinna. It began as a scaly,…

Kwame, a 58-year-old cocoa farmer from the Ashanti Region, presents to the Komfo Anokye outpatient surgical clinic with a 14-month history of a slowly enlarging lesion on the left side of his nose. He…

Kwame, a 62-year-old cocoa farmer from Brong-Ahafo, presents to the district hospital surgical outpatient clinic with a 14-month history of a slowly enlarging lesion on his left cheek. He reports no p…

Kofi, a 44-year-old teacher, presents to the UGMC surgical firm with a 6-week history of a changing pigmented lesion on his right calf. His wife noticed the lesion had become darker and irregular over…

Kwame, a 58-year-old cocoa farmer from Brong-Ahafo, presents to the regional hospital surgical outpatient clinic with a 14-month history of a slowly enlarging ulcerated lesion on the back of his right…

Kwame, a 62-year-old cocoa farmer from Brong-Ahafo, presents to the regional hospital surgical outpatient clinic with a 14-month history of a slowly enlarging lesion on his left temple. He reports no …

Adwoa, a 71-year-old woman, is referred from a district hospital in the Upper East Region to the Tamale Teaching Hospital surgical unit with a 9-month history of a non-healing ulcer on the right lower…

Yaw, a 29-year-old man, is brought to the Korle Bu emergency department by relatives after noticing a rapidly enlarging lump in his right groin over 3 weeks. He reports no skin lesion but recalls remo…

Kwame, a 62-year-old cocoa farmer from the Ashanti Region, presents to the Komfo Anokye surgical outpatient clinic with a 14-month history of a slowly enlarging lesion on his left cheek. He reports no…

A 58-year-old man, Kwame, presents to the surgical outpatient clinic at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital with a 14-month history of a slowly enlarging lesion on his left cheek. He is a retired cocoa far…

Kofi, a 45-year-old teacher from Accra, attends the UGMC surgical outpatient clinic concerned about a pigmented lesion on his right foot sole that has been present for approximately 2 years. Over the …

Ama, a 55-year-old woman, is referred from a district hospital in the Northern Region to Tamale Teaching Hospital with a 3-year history of a non-healing ulcer on her right lower leg. She had initially…

Yaw, a 38-year-old secondary school teacher from Kumasi, attends the Komfo Anokye surgical outpatient clinic. He noticed a dark pigmented lesion on the sole of his right foot 8 months ago. He initiall…

Kwame, a 62-year-old cocoa farmer from the Ashanti region, presents to the Komfo Anokye surgical outpatient clinic with a 14-month history of a slowly enlarging lesion on his left cheek. He reports no…

Ama, a 55-year-old market trader from Kumasi, is referred to the KNUST-affiliated regional hospital with a 6-month history of a non-healing ulcer on the dorsum of her right hand. She has a 20-year his…

Yaw, a 38-year-old man, presents to the UGMC surgical firm with a 6-month history of a darkening lesion under his right thumbnail. He initially attributed it to trauma. The lesion has progressively wi…

Kofi, a 48-year-old schoolteacher, presents to the Korle Bu general surgical unit with a 6-month history of a changing pigmented lesion on his right heel. He initially dismissed it as a blood blister …

Akua, a 58-year-old woman from Kumasi, presents to the Komfo Anokye surgical outpatient clinic with a 9-month history of a non-healing ulcer on her right lower leg. She has a 20-year history of a chro…

Abena, a 38-year-old woman with known HIV infection (CD4 count 210 cells/µL, on antiretroviral therapy for 8 months), presents to the Komfo Anokye surgical unit with a rapidly enlarging pigmented lesi…

Yaw, a 47-year-old secondary school teacher from Accra, attends the UGMC surgical clinic with a 6-week history of a changing pigmented lesion on his left calf. He noticed it had become darker, develop…

Akua, a 67-year-old market trader from the Greater Accra Region, is referred to the Korle Bu general surgical unit with a 9-month history of an ulcerating lesion on the dorsum of her right hand. She h…

Yaw, a 67-year-old retired civil servant from Ho, presents to the Volta Regional Hospital surgical clinic with a 2-year history of a pigmented lesion on the sole of his right foot. He initially dismis…

Kofi, a 47-year-old man, is seen in the Komfo Anokye surgical outpatient clinic with a pigmented lesion on his right sole that his wife noticed 6 months ago. He is otherwise well and takes no regular …

Kofi, a 48-year-old secondary school teacher from Accra, attends the Korle Bu surgical outpatient clinic after noticing a changing pigmented lesion on his right shoulder for 6 months. The lesion has i…

Ama, a 58-year-old woman with a known history of xeroderma pigmentosum, is referred from a regional hospital to the Korle Bu general surgical unit with a 2.5 cm firm, indurated ulcer on the dorsum of …

Kwame, a 62-year-old cocoa farmer from the Ashanti Region, presents to the Komfo Anokye surgical outpatient clinic with a 14-month history of a slowly enlarging lesion on his left cheek. He reports no…

A 70-year-old retired fisherman is referred to the regional hospital surgical outpatient clinic in the Central Region with a 3-year history of a slowly enlarging plaque on his right temple. He describ…

Abena, a 38-year-old nurse at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, presents with a 3-week history of a rapidly enlarging, jet-black nodule on her right sole. She reports it appeared suddenly and has become…