A Red Skin Nodule
Journal Title: Journal of Integrative Oncology - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 1
Abstract
A 78-year-old woman presented with a 2-month-history of a cutaneous red nodule on her left leg (Figure 1). Differential diagnosis of nodular red lesions includes dermal nevus, pyogenic granuloma, angioma, amelanotic melanoma, eccrine poroma, Kaposi’s sarcoma, skin metastasis etc.
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Baroni Adone
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