Pathology:

                                                                

Frequently, as part of a visit to the dermatologist, a piece of skin is removed. This may be done for various reasons - to determine the cause of a rash, to determine if the lession is cancerous or not, to remove skin cancer, because a skin lesion is causing problems, or even because a patient does not like the appearance of a skin lesion. For whatever reason that a piece of skin is removed, it is the standard of care that each and every specimen be analyzed with a microscope. This is processed on-site at our CLIA-certified pathology laboratory.

 

 

Kapil Gupta, M.D.

 

Dr. Gupta joined Dermatology Group of the Carolinas in July 2005. He is board certified in Anatomic Pathology and Dermatopathology. In addition to his training as a general pathologist, Dr. Gupta has had intense specialty training focusing on the microscopic examination of diseases that specifically involve the skin. This field of medicine is known as Dermatopathology.