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

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1939;40(6):1027-1044.

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Neurogenic Sarcoma of the Skin. Presented by DR. J. FRANK FRASER.

V. M., a man aged 40, of Italian parentage, presented himself at the Skin and Cancer Unit with a walnut-sized nodule on the right cheek near the margin of the upper lip. The lesion first appeared four years ago, at which time it was removed surgically and the site was treated with roentgen rays (the dose is unknown). The growth promptly recurred and was again removed, but it reappeared at the margin of the original site a year after the second operation.

The results of laboratory tests were negative. Microscopic examination showed the histologic picture of fibrosarcoma of neurogenic origin.

DISCUSSION

DR. EDWARD R. MALONEY: In view of the pathologic report presented by the chairman, I think the diagnosis made must be accepted.

DR. GEORGE M. MACKEE: Clinically the growth might be an epithelioma. Histologically, of course, it is . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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