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Rebecca Lintner, BS; Erum N. Ilyas, MD; David Elder, MB, ChB; Warren Heymann, MD
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey at Camden (Ms Lintner and Drs Ilyas and Heymann) and Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Dr Elder)

Arch Dermatol. 2004;140:609-614.

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REPORT OF A CASE

A 73-year-old woman presented with a lesion on her back that she had had for at least 50 years. The lesion had been stable for decades, but recently, over a period of a few months, it had gotten larger and changed color. There was no history of trauma to the lesion. The patient was otherwise in excellent health. Physical examination demonstrated a 1.5-cm, lobulated, cystic nodule, varying in color from pink to blue (Figure 1). A biopsy specimen was obtained (Figure 2 and Figure 3).

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What is your diagnosis?

SECTION EDITOR: MICHAEL E. MING, MD

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