It has been reported that some patients have been misdiagnosed with Keratoacanthoma, when in fact the correct diagnosis in their specific case was Melanoma.
Melanoma is skin cancer that occurs due to overexposure to UV rays from the sun. Australasia has the highest rate of melanoma in the world with sixteen thousand cases diagnosed each year. Melanoma unlike most cancers rarely has any symptoms except for changes in an existing mole. Melanoma’s can be easily mistaken for multiple skin conditions like age spots, or keratosis. With early diagnosis the survival rate for melanoma is almost 100%. But if it is misdiagnosed and the cancer is able to metastasise and travel to other organs, the risk of death is almost 80%.