Skin and soft tissue masses
Paediatric

Paediatric Surgery

Useful Management Information

  • In the majority of cases it is thought inappropriate for children to wait more than 3 months for an outpatient initial appointment
  • Next of kin or person(s) who is legally responsible for patient consent, with the exception of children under guardianship orders with the Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability services, should be present at the first outpatient appointment
  • Paediatric surgery registrars at Queensland Children's Hospital/ GCUH can offer telephone advice to rural HHS. In some areas it would be more appropriate to seek initial advice from local paediatric medical service or general surgery services.

Minimum Referral Criteria

Does your patient meet the minimum referral criteria?
Category 1 (appointment within 30 calendar days)
  • Suspected malignancy
  • Enlarged subcutaneous masses nodes not rapidly increasing in size but not resolving (>3cm)
Category 2 (appointment within 90 calendar days)
  • Vascular lesion
  • Recurrent infections
  • Subcutaneous lesion increasing in size
  • Infected sacral sinus
  • Giant hairy naevus
  • Spina bifida occulta
  • Enlarged subcutaneous masses nodes not rapidly increasing in size but not resolving (<3cm)
  • Other congenital naevi such as sebaceous
Category 3 (appointment within 365 calendar days)
  • Monitoring of benign congenital pigmented and melanocytic naevi

Essential Referral Information

  • History of the size, type, swelling and how long the infection has been present (if applicable)

Additional Referral Information

  • XR results of sacral spine (if appropriate)

NB: Punch or partial biopsy results of skin and subcutaneous masses, and FNA is not indicated in children

Last updated 16 July 2021

Send Referrals To

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Internal Referrals

Paediatric Surgery (E-Blueslips)

Fax

(07) 5687 4497

Post

Paediatric Referral Centre
Gold Coast University Hospital
1 Hospital Boulevard
Southport QLD 4215

Enquiries

(07) 5687 3579

Related HealthPathways

No directly related pathways found

Service Availability

A/Prof Deborah Bailey
Medical Director Paediatric Surgery, and Paediatric Urology

Facilities

Gold Coast University Hospital

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