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A 60-year-old female with an extensive past medical history of a hereditary neuropathy, congestive heart failure, type 2 diabetes mellitus, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and schizophrenia presented with a rash on her abdomen for several weeks. She noted the rash was extremely itchy and flared every few months. Nothing seemed to alleviate or aggravate the itching.
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Xie, DL., Nguyen, T.H., Norman, R.A. (2020). Case 8: Skin Lesion of Abdomen, Clinically Elevated. In: Xie, DL. (eds) Clinical Cases in Dermatopathology. Clinical Cases in Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28807-5_8
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