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C. W. David Chang, MD; Vladimir Vincek, MD, PhD
University of Miami, Miami, Fla

Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2005;131:642.

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A 50-year-old African-American woman presented with a 1- to 2-year history of a slow-growing nodular lesion beneath the skin in the region of her right temple. She had no history of cutaneous malignancy and denied tenderness or any history of inflammation or trauma around the area. The lesion had never been excised.

Physical examination revealed a firm, 1x1-cm, freely mobile, superficial mass located 2 cm from the right supraorbital rim. There were no overlying skin changes or significant deformity. The right frontal nerve was fully functional. No skin lesions other than multiple seborrheic skin tags were noted.

The lesion was excised with the patient under local anesthesia. The entirety of the lesion lay within the dermal and subcutaneous layer. The excision site was closed primarily. Gross examination revealed a tan 0.8 x 0.6 x 0.4-cm aggregate of rubbery and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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