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Christian J. Siegmund, MD,DMD; Günter G. Lauer, MD,DMD,PhD; Ingrid Technau-Ihling, MD
South Glasgow University Hospitals NHS Trust, Glasgow, Scotland (Dr Siegmund), University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany (Dr Lauer), and University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany (Dr Technau-Ihling)

Arch Dermatol. 2002;138:1607-1612.

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REPORT OF A CASE

A 51-year-old white man was referred to our clinic by a dermatologist for evaluation and treatment of a slightly elevated erythematous lesion on the anterior aspect of the right side of his palate. He admitted to having noticed a "rougher" feeling in this area for 2 weeks, but he had no pain and had not sought medical advice. His medical history revealed that 43 months earlier a lump on the right side of his neck had been resected by an otolaryngologist. Histologic examination confirmed that the tumor was a metastasis of an unknown primary malignant neoplasia.

Intraoral examination showed a 5 x 7-mm erythematous elevated lesion centrally located on an irregularly and infrequently demarcated area (2 x 3 cm) on the right side of the hard palate, near the upper canine and first premolar (Figure 1). The . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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