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Oliver Flower, MD; Sandeep Varma, MRCP; Iain H. Leach, FRCPath
Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham, England

Arch Dermatol. 2005;141:633-638.

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REPORT OF A CASE

A 53-year-old man presented with a 5-year history of an asymptomatic nodular lesion in front of his right ear. The lesion would occasionally crust, with the crust falling off later, leaving a smooth nodule. Physical examination revealed an erythematous, irregular, 12-mm-diameter nodule with an adherent scale over its anteroinferior surface (Figure 1). The patient was otherwise in good general health.

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The lesion was completely excised for light microscopy (Figure 2 and Figure 3).

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