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Gina C. Ang, MD; Jason B. Lee, MD
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa

Arch Dermatol. 2004;140:1393-1398.

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REPORT OF A CASE

A 23-year-old African American woman presented with a dark plaque containing a nodule on her cheek. Although the plaque had been present since birth, a small area of it had become raised over the last 6 months before presentation.

Physical examination revealed a 4.5-cm, well-circumscribed, asymmetrical, verrucous, brown-black plaque on the left preauricular area (Figure 1). A pedunculated nodule arose from the inferior margin (arrow).

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A complete excision was performed, and the specimen was sent for histologic examination (Figure 2, Figure 3, and Figure 4).

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What is your diagnosis?

SECTION EDITOR: MICHAEL E. MING, MD

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