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Presentation of Case

Dr. Gabriela Rolz-Cruz (Dermatology): An 80-year-old woman was seen in the outpatient clinic of this hospital for management of recurrent ulcerated skin lesions on the scalp.

When the patient was approximately 34 years old, 40 to 50 lesions, which were red and slightly elevated, developed on her back. The lesions were fulgurated at another hospital and resolved. Two years later, lesions on her back recurred and increased in number during the next several years, and similar lesions developed on her scalp. At the age of 40 years, the patient was admitted to this hospital. There were multiple lesions on the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Differential Diagnosis

Clinical Diagnosis

Dr. Ervin H. Epstein's Diagnosis

Pathological Discussion

Discussion of Management

Anatomical Diagnosis

Source Information

From the Children's Hospital of Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, CA (E.H.E.); and the Departments of Radiology (J.-A.O.S.) and Dermatopathology (T.J.F.), Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Departments of Radiology (J.-A.O.S.) and Pathology (T.J.F.), Harvard Medical School — both in Boston.

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