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Margaret H. Terhune, MD; Jennifer Stibbe, MD; Ronald J. Siegle, MD
The Ohio State University, Columbus

Arch Dermatol. 1999;135:1543-1548.

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REPORT OF A CASE

A healthy 81-year-old woman presented for further evaluation of a nodule on her right cheek, where she had been stung by a wasp approximately 3 months earlier. The erythema and edema surrounding the sting did not resolve, but persisted and intensified over the following months. The patient's local physician obtained a biopsy specimen, which revealed a dermal infiltrate of atypical mononuclear cells and was initially interpreted as lymphoma. The findings of radiography of the chest, computed tomography of the abdomen and pelvis, and blood studies were unremarkable.

Physical examination revealed a 3.5 x 3.5 x 1.0-cm erythematous nodular plaque on the right cheek (Figure 1). No other cutaneous lesions were noted. No adenopathy or organomegaly was detected.

Figure 1.

The lesion was completely excised and the defect was closed primarily. The specimen was submitted for histopathologic and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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