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Boo-Peng Khoo, MD; Yong-Kwang Tay, MD
National Skin Centre, Singapore

Arch Dermatol. 1999;135:1267-1272.

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REPORT OF A CASE

A 6-year-old Indian girl presented with a 6-month history of what were thought to be plane warts on her face. There were a few similar lesions on her neck and the upper part of her chest. These lesions were asymptomatic, and she was otherwise healthy. Her family had no history of similar lesions.

Physical examination revealed several uniform, glistening, yellowish papules on the face, neck, and upper chest area, each measuring approximately 1 mm in diameter (Figure 1). The findings of the rest of her physical examination were normal. A 3-mm punch biopsy specimen was obtained from a facial papule, and the histopathologic features are shown in Figure 2.

Figure 1.

Figure 2.

What is your diagnosis?

Diagnosis: Benign cephalic histiocytosis (BCH).

Routine hematoxylin-eosin staining of the skin biopsy specimen showed a collection of histiocytic cells in the upper and middle dermis forming a dome-shaped nodule. . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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