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Interactive Case Study - April 2015

Asymptomatic red nodule on the posterior auricular scalp

Christina Wong, MD; Melissa Piliang, MD


Question 1:

A 51-year-old man presented with an asymptomatic red nodule on the posterior auricular scalp. Histopathologic findings are shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3.

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Figure 1

Figure 2

Figure 3


What is the best diagnosis?