Professor Cliff Rosendahl

Professor Cliff Rosendahl

Professor Rosendahl is a GP in Capalaba, Queensland, with a special interest in skin cancer.

He has academic appointments at the faculty of medicine, The University of Queensland, Australia; and at the school of medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran.

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Clinical Focus Dermoscopy

Following the chaos and clues in skin malignancy

23rd August 2021
Shelley, a 61-year-old woman, presents for a routine skin examination. She denies having any lesions of concern; however, a…
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Clinical Focus Dermoscopy

Hunting malignant melanoma behind a tattoo

25th March 2021
A 56-year-old woman with a past history of melanoma presents for a routine six-monthly skin examination. A 3mm papule with…
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Dermoscopy
Medical Observer Opinion

How Tina Turner saved more lives than me in the town of Tara

4th November 2020
It was 3am on a Sunday morning in the operating theatre of Tara District Hospital sometime in the spring of 1978.  As I…
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Clinical Focus Dermoscopy

A close shave with a recurrent pigmented facial skin lesion

16th October 2020
A 76-year-old man presents with a new pigmented macule extending from a surgical scar on his chin, as shown in the top image…
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Clinical Focus Dermoscopy

Compelling clues in the peripheral clods

25th May 2020
A 56-year-old woman, with no risk factors for melanoma, presents for an annual skin examination. A lesion over her right…
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Clinical Focus Dermoscopy

Is 'overdiagnosis' a price worth paying in melanoma?

11th March 2020
A 45-year-old woman presents for a skin examination. The patient is routinely asked if there are any new or changing lesions…
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Clinical Focus Dermoscopy

Early diagnosis offers more hope for melanoma

16th October 2019
A 40-year-old woman presents to her GP for annual skin examination. Both her parents have had melanoma. A lesion is noted…
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