PMC6139234_01
Prurigo nodularis. A 20x10mm lesion at the site of previous radiation therapy near the mandible.
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A 35-year-old man was referred to plastic surgical department with a progressive, ulcerating lesion near the angle of the mandible suspicious for skin carcinoma (Figure 1).
Prurigo nodularis. Hyperkeratotic and parakeratotic epidermis.
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Subsequent histologic examination identified it as prurigo nodularis (Figure 2).