Mole Biopsy Results: Understanding Non-Cancerous Findings & Lab Accuracy

Question
QUESTION: If the mole does not come back cancerous what do they classify it as?  also how often do they make lab mistakes

ANSWER: there are several classifications, but basically it is aberrant tissue that has grown irregularly, but has stopped growing with no chance to spread.   Mistakes can happen 5% of the time.... some of the qualities we look for under the microscope are not always evident......

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Mole   QUESTION: Can you give me your opinion on this mole?  I had to biopsied spring 2010 - I had one derm tell me that it was a Seborrheic keratosis but all I find out from my GP with the biopsy was that it was benign.  If there was a mistake made would I have symptoms by now?

Answer
A seb keratosis is benign, so the two diagnosis are consistent with each other.  This does look like a seb keratosis, but is hard to tell on the picture.... these are so easy to scrap and analyze that I would have the whole thing done so it is analyzed and gone......