A lesion found and removed during first lady Jill Biden’s outpatient surgery last week was a “non-cancerous growth,” according to a medical memo his press secretary disclosed Wednesday.
The lesion, found on Biden’s left eyelid, had been sent for a traditional biopsy, said Dr. Kevin O’Connor, the president’s physician. The biopsy results were “consistent with seborrheic keratosis,” O’Connor said in Wednesday’s memo. He described the biopsy lesion as a “very common, totally harmless non-cancerous growth” that required no further treatment.
“Dr. Biden is recovering very well from his procedures,” he said. “He experienced some anticipated minor bruising and swelling, but is feeling great.”
Last week, doctors also removed a pair of cancerous lesions, one on the right eyelid and the other on the left side of the chest, during what is known as Mohs surgery at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. O’Connor said at the time that the procedure was a success and that “all cancerous tissue was successfully removed.”
