A nodule on the forearm of a patient with Hodgkin disease
Fargnoli, M.C.; Peris, K.; Cerroni, L.; Piccolo, D.; Chimenti, S.
Archives of Dermatology 137(1): 85-90
2001
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-987X PMID: 11176668 Document Number: 536506
A 36-year-old Italian man with a 10-year history of lymph nodal Hodgkin's disease presented with a solitary nodule of 6 months duration on the right upper extremity . Physical examination revealed an erythematous, nonpruritic, firm 1-cm nodule of the right forearm. An excisional biopsy of the skin lesion was performed, and cutaneous leishmaniasis was diagnosed. Microscopic examination of the cutaneous lesion showed a nodular infiltrate within the entire dermis. After surgical excision of the nodular lesion, no evidence of recurrence was observed over a 6-month follow-up period.