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Philip R. Cohen, MD; Jaime A. Tschen, MD; Keith E. Schulze, MD; Paul T. Martinelli, MD; Bruce R. Nelson, MD
Dermatologic Surgery Center of Houston (Drs Cohen, Schulze, Martinelli, and Nelson), University of Texas–Houston Medical School (Drs Cohen and Tschen), and Baylor College of Medicine (Dr Tschen), Houston, Tex, and St Joseph Dermpath, Bellaire, Tex (Dr Tschen)

Arch Dermatol. 2007;143(1):109-114.

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REPORT OF A CASE

A 48-year-old white man presented for evaluation of asymptomatic, slowly enlarging lesions on the right side of his head and face (Figure 1 and Figure 2). The lesions had initially appeared during early childhood. The patient had no family history of similar skin lesions or hereditary conditions and no history of trauma, inflammatory changes, or skin disorders in the affected areas.

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Physical examination revealed a 5 x 5-cm indurated, rock-hard, nodular dermal plaque within the skin of the right temple, with alopecia and an atrophic surface, and a similar 8 x 3-cm plaque with a stony-hard consistency and a normal surface in the right preauricular area. A biopsy specimen was obtained and stained with hematoxylin and eosin (Figure 3).

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