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Volume 355:714-722 August 17, 2006 Number 7
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Case 25-2006 — A 41-Year-Old Woman with Painful Subcutaneous Nodules
Rebecca B. Campen, M.D., J.D., Christine N. Sang, M.D., M.P.H., and Lyn M. Duncan, M.D.

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A 41-year-old woman was referred to the dermatology clinic of this hospital for evaluation of painful subcutaneous nodules. She had been well until three years earlier, when several painful nodules developed on her posterior neck and scalp. She saw her physician, who noted enlarged left retroauricular and posterior occipital lymph nodes. A biopsy of an occipital lymph node performed at another hospital disclosed reactive lymphoid hyperplasia, and a biopsy of a scalp lesion showed normal fibroadipose tissue. Radiography of the skull and chest and computed tomography (CT) of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis disclosed no abnormalities.

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Differential Diagnosis

Pathological Discussion

            Syndromes Involving Adipose Tissue

Dr. Rebecca B. Campen's Diagnosis

Pathological Discussion

Discussion of Management

Mechanisms of Chronic Pain

            Nociceptive Pain

            Neuropathic Pain

Selection of Analgesics

Anatomical Diagnosis


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From the Department of Dermatology (R.B.C.) and the Dermatopathology Unit (L.M.D.), Massachusetts General Hospital; the Departments of Dermatology (R.B.C., C.N.S.) and Pathology (L.M.D.), Harvard Medical School; and Translational Pain Research, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital (C.N.S.) — all in Boston.



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