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Painful Plaque on a Young Man—Quiz Case
Edward George Butler II, MD;
Damian P. Derienzo, MD;
Robert Harford, MD
Naval Hospital Charleston, Charleston, SC (Dr Butler), and Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, Calif (Drs Derienzo and Harford)
Arch Dermatol. 2006;142:1351-1356.
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REPORT OF A CASE
A 23-year-old man presented with a lesion on the medial aspect of his right shin (Figure 1) that had been there for "as long as he could remember." He stated that the lesion had grown more tender in recent years and that he wanted to have it removed. He had previously been told that the lesion was a hemangioma and had received multiple pulsed-dye and neodymium-YAG laser treatments, without significant improvement. His medical and family histories were unremarkable, and he was not currently taking any medications. He did not complain of any discharge or bleeding from the lesion.
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Physical examination revealed a 3.5 x 2-cm, irregular, bluish red plaque with some mild focal hyperkeratosis and follicular plugging. The lesion was mildly tender to palpation. There was no associated bleeding, pulsations, or hyperhidrosis. Because of . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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