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| Diagnosis: | LYMPHOMA / LYMPHOMA, B-CELL | Category: | lumps & bumps (plaques, nodules, tumors) / neoplasm, malignant / demonstration / demonstration, diascopy | ||
| Body Site: | cheek / face | Age: | 40 years | ||
| Contributor: | Kim Hiatt, MD | ||||
| Description: | well circumscribed round dome-shaped violaceous nodule | ||||
| Comments: | A solitary nodule on the cheek of a healthy 40 year old woman showed histologic changes typical of a B-cell lymphoma. A complete physical examination, CT scans of the chest, abdomen and pelvis and chemistries were normal. For details of evaluation, diagnosis and treatment see CME case entitled "A 40 year old woman with an asymptomatic nodule on the cheek." Note the intense violaceous demonstrated by diascopy | ||||
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