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Maithily A. Nandedkar, MD; Robert H. Patterson, MD; Sharon Bridgeman-Shah, MD; Walter Rush, MD; Maria-Magdalena Tomaszewski, MD
Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Drs Nandedkar, Patterson, and Bridgeman-Shah), Howard University Hospital (Drs Nandedkar and Bridgeman-Shah), and Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (Drs Rush and Tomaszewski), Washington, DC

Arch Dermatol. 2004;140:609-614.

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REPORT OF A CASE

An 80-year-old white man with a remote history of melanoma and a history of multiple basal cell carcinomas presented with a large, asymptomatic, friable tumor overlying the left side of the mandible. He reported that the tumor had been rapidly growing over the last 4 months. His medical history included atrial fibrillation, chronic pain syndrome, and cervical spondylosis.

Physical examination revealed a 4.0 x 1.5-cm, exophytic, ulcerated, pearly, pinkish red, nontender telangiectatic tumor on the skin overlying the left side of the mandible (Figure 1 and Figure 2). There was no evidence of lymphadenopathy. A diagnostic biopsy specimen was obtained (Figure 3 and Figure 4).

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SECTION EDITOR: MICHAEL E. MING, MD

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