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Lauren Kotcher, MD; Arash Kimyai-Asadi, MD; Hideko Kamino, MD; Dina Began, MD
New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY

Arch Dermatol. 2003;139:1497-1502.

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REPORT OF A CASE

A 64-year-old African American woman with a history of pancreatic cancer that had been previously treated with Whipple surgery, chemotherapy, and irradiation presented with a 10-month history of an enlarging lesion on the ventral surface of her right great toe.

Physical examination revealed an ambulatory woman with a 2.5 x 2.0-cm exophytic, hemorrhagic nodule on the ventral surface of the right great toe (Figure 1). A shave biopsy specimen was obtained (Figure 2 and Figure 3).

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SECTION EDITOR: MICHAEL E. MING, MD

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