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Interactive Case Study - March 2019

A 25-year-old male with a painful nodule in the perianal region

Noman Javed, MD; Laura A. Greene, MD


Question 1:

A 25-year-old male college student presents with an increasingly painful nodule in the right perianal area. A biopsy shows the following histopathology (Figures 1-4), histochemical (Figure 5), and immunohistochemical (Figure 6) staining.

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Figure 1
 
Figure 2
 
Figure 3
 
Figure 4
 
Figure 5
 
Figure 6
 
Which of the following is the best diagnosis?