Department of Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

November 2003, Case 311-1. Quiz set! Click here to see.

A 35 year-old Chinese man with multiple small nodules in the neck

Clinical information: The patient was a 35 year old man who presented with multiple non-ulcerated small nodules in the preauricular area and the neck. As per the patient, the lesion had been there for an unknown but long duration. On physical examination, the cervical nodes are slightly enlarged. A biopsy of the skin lesion was taken. Representative areas are shown below:

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What is your diagnosis? What other clinical features would you look for? Discussion

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