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Jeff J. Graves, MD; Miriam L. Hanson, MD; Jack B. Cohen, DO
University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City (Dr Graves), and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (Drs Hanson and Cohen)

Arch Dermatol. 2008;144(7):933-938.

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REPORT OF A CASE

A healthy-appearing, 30-year-old, postpartum Hispanic woman presented with a 4-month history of asymptomatic crusted nodules on her face and scalp that had recently increased in size and number. When the lesions first appeared, she was traveling in Mexico and reported self-limited symptoms of dyspnea, productive cough, and fever, which were not treated with any medications. She had no history of traumatic skin injuries to the area of the nodules. One month before presentation, she had a complicated delivery and placental examination revealed villitis, but the baby was found to be healthy.

Physical examination revealed multiple verrucous, crusted nodules on the right nasolabial fold (Figure 1), submental region, right postauricular area, and right side of the scalp. There was no evidence of regional lymphadenopathy. A cutaneous biopsy specimen was sent for tissue culture, and routine histologic analysis . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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