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76 Year Old Female with Enlarging Painless Nodule on the Arm

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A 76 year old female presented with an enlarging, painless nodule on her arm. The lesion was slowly enlarging with discharge of putrid pus. She works on her garden in her spare time.

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  1. Department of Pathology, University of Central Florida Medical School, Orlando, FL, USA

    William Eng MD

  2. Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Bradenton, FL, USA

    Lisa M. Diaz DO

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  1. Dermatology Healthcare, Tampa, Florida, USA

    Robert A. Norman

  2. University of Central Florida Medical School, Orlando, Florida, USA

    William Eng

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Eng, W., Diaz, L.M. (2015). 76 Year Old Female with Enlarging Painless Nodule on the Arm. In: Norman, R., Eng, W. (eds) Clinical Cases in Infections and Infestations of the Skin. Clinical Cases in Dermatology, vol 6. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14295-1_25

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