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Samireh Said, MD; Sandra Edwards, MD; Jerald L. Jensen, DDS; Edward W. B. Jeffes III, MD, PhD
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, Calif, and the University of California, Irvine

Arch Dermatol. 1999;135:341-346.

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REPORT OF A CASE

A 65-year-old white man presented with a 2-year history of a slightly tender, enlarging deep nodule in the subscapular region. There was no history of adenopathy, discharge from the lesion, fever, or chills. The patient had a history of chronic renal failure and hypertension, for which he received peritoneal dialysis, calcium supplements, and verapamil hydrochloride. His most recent blood workup showed a hematocrit of 0.24 (reference range, 0.41-0.50), with a hemoglobin level of 79 g/L (reference range, 138-172 g/L) and a creatine level of 831 µmol/L (10.9 mg/dL) (reference range, 46-114 µmol/L [0.6-1.5 mg/dL]). He had no family history of similar masses.

Physical examination at that time revealed a 3 x 5-cm skin-colored, firm, slightly tender protuberant subcutaneous nodule fixed to the underlying fascia at the inferior angle of the left scapula (. . . [Full Text of this Article]

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