Dermatopathology

Dermpath Diagnosis

Soft Nodule on the Forearm

A 54-year-old woman presented with an enlarging mass on the right volar forearm. Physical examination revealed a 1-cm, soft, mobile, subcutaneous...

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Painful Psoriasiform Plaques

A 45-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with a painful skin eruption and malaise of 5 weeks’ duration. She had an orthotopic...

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Pedunculated Tumor on the Posterior Neck

A 56-year-old man presented with a progressively enlarging lesion on the posterior neck of 8 months’ duration. He reported localized pruritus of...

Dermpath Diagnosis

Erythematous and Ulcerated Plaque on the Left Temple

A 72-year-old man with a history of nonmelanoma skin cancer and lung transplant maintained on stable doses of prednisone and tacrolimus presented...

Case Letter

A Severe Presentation of Plasma Cell Cheilitis

Plasma cell cheilitis (PCC) is an uncommon condition characterized by mature plasma cell infiltration of the dermis of the mucosal lip. We present...

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Verrucous Scalp Plaque and Widespread Eruption

A 40-year-old man presented for evaluation of a thick verrucous plaque throughout the scalp extending onto the forehead; thick plaques on the...

Case Letter

Cutaneous Protothecosis

Cutaneous protothecosis has the potential to mimic many other skin diseases and lesions, including eczema; nonmelanoma skin cancer; or bacterial,...

Case Letter

Verrucous Carcinoma in a Wounded Military Amputee

Verrucous carcinoma is a rare, well-differentiated, locally aggressive squamous cell carcinoma that commonly occurs in sites of inflammation or...

Dermpath Diagnosis

Bullous Retiform Purpura on the Ears and Legs

A 40-year-old woman presented with a progressive painful rash on the ears and legs of 2 weeks’ duration. She described the rash as initially red...

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