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J. Frank Fraser, M.D.; Frank C. Combes, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1939;40(1):151-169.

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A Case for Diagnosis (Lymphangioendothelioma? Angioma?). Presented by DR. FRED WISE.

W. C., a baby aged 3 weeks, was registered at the Skin and Cancer Unit of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital on Dec. 20, 1938, with a lesion on the left buttock of two weeks' duration.

On the midarea of the left buttock there appeared, about a week after birth, a hemispherical tumor about the size of a golf ball. The edges were sharply outlined and the surface adherent to the overlying skin, but the mass was movable with the surrounding normal tissue. Its color was a faint bluish pink; otherwise the overlying skin was unaltered. On palpation a firm, nonfluctuating and non-tender mass was felt. The mother states that the tumor has seemed to be enlarging rather rapidly in the past two weeks.

DISCUSSION

DR. HOWARD FOX: One should consider the possibility of subcutaneous adiponecrosis . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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