Dermacase. Atypical fibroxanthoma

Dermacase Current Practice

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Pratique courante

Can you identify this condition? Vimal Prajapati  Benjamin Barankin

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66-year-old healthy man presents with a 6-month history of a slowly enlarging asymptomatic nodule on his scalp.









The most likely diagnosis is 1. Bowen disease 2. Melanoma 3. Atypical fibroxanthoma 4. Dermatofibroma 5. Colon cancer metastasis

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