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ROBERT E. FECHNER, MD

Arch Otolaryngol. 1982;108(1):58-61.

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PATHOLOGIC QUIZ CASE 1

J. Jamón Escajadillo, MD, Mexico City

A 13-month-old girl was seen. At birth, she had small "papules" on the nose tip that were noticed by her mother. At three months, she had a red-purple coloration in the same region. Later, a slow growth developed on the tip of her nose, which produced an aesthetic deformity. Findings from a physical examination disclosed a red-purple coloration of the skin and a painless, soft, rubber-like tumor on the nose tip (Fig 1). This tumor produced a narrowing of the vestibular light, with columnella retraction. The remainder of the findings from the examination were normal.

A surgical resection of the tumor was made, without complications, and the material was sent for histopathologic study (Fig 2 and 3).

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PATHOLOGIC QUIZ CASE 2

Dennis K. Burns, MD, Steven D. Schaefer, MD, Dallas

A 66-year-old woman was seen initially . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville

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