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(This case study was added to OER Commons as one of a batch of over 700. It has relevant information which may include medical imagery, lab results, and history where relevant. A link to the final diagnosis can be found at the end of the case study for review. The first paragraph of the case study -- typically, but not always the clinical presentation -- is provided below.)
A male patient in the sixties, presented with an itchy 1.0 x 1.0 cm blue-black dome-shaped nodule over the left preauricular cheek with superficial erosion for 3 years (Figure 1). No family history of dysplastic nevi or melanoma was noted. The specimen was an excisional biopsy, measuring 1.8 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm that was serially sectioned.
- Subject:
- Applied Science
- Education
- Health, Medicine and Nursing
- Life Science
- Material Type:
- Case Study
- Diagram/Illustration
- Provider:
- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
- Provider Set:
- Department of Pathology
- Author:
- Arivarasan Karunamurthy
- Shaymaa Hegazy
- Date Added:
- 08/01/2022
