An Atypical Presentation of a Rare Disease

Authors

Elizabeth Schoenberg, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Kathleen P. McGuinn, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Deirdre Connolly, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Sherry Yang, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-1-2019

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This article has been peer reviewed. It is the author’s final published version in JAAD Case Reports, Volume 5, Issue 3, March 2019, Pages 255-257.

The published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdcr.2019.01.005. Copyright © Schoenberg et al.

Abstract

A 76-year-old white woman presented for evaluation of asymptomatic skin lesions on her right shin, right buttock, and left arm. All lesions initially underwent slow growth and plateaued and then remained stable in size. A complete review of systems revealed normal results. She had 3 well-demarcated erythematous round plaques ranging from 1.5 to 3 cm, all with a central depression, yellow hue, and prominent telangiectasias (Figs 1 and 2). An excisional biopsy was performed. Histologically, there were palisading granulomas within the papillary and reticular dermis, predominantly composed of a histiocytic cell population with multiple large giant cells (S100^-; Fig 3).

Recommended Citation

Schoenberg, Elizabeth; McGuinn, Kathleen P.; Connolly, Deirdre; and Yang, Sherry, "An Atypical Presentation of a Rare Disease" (2019). Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology Faculty Papers. Paper 110.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/dcbfp/110

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Language

English