PMC2840928_01
Painless, dusky raised lesion on the shin
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Cutaneous examination revealed bluish grey, firm, hairy nodule, 2 x 3 cm, in size having an ulcerated surface with scabs at foci over the anterior aspect of the left lower limb [Figures 1 and 2].
Nodule having terminal hairs and ulcerated surface with scabs
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Cutaneous examination revealed bluish grey, firm, hairy nodule, 2 x 3 cm, in size having an ulcerated surface with scabs at foci over the anterior aspect of the left lower limb [Figures 1 and 2].
Histopathology reveals increase in blood vessels and eccrine glands in dermis with pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia of overlying epidermis (H and E, x40)
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The lesion was excised and submitted for histopathology [Figures 3 and 4].
Higher magnification reveals increase in both eccrine glands as well as ducts (H and E, x 100)
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The lesion was excised and submitted for histopathology [Figures 3 and 4].