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2010 Series : January 12, 2010
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To see views enlarged, click on the individual pictures...
Photos courtesy of: Bita Esmaeli, M.D. / M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Used with permission. Not to be reproduced.
| This 35-year-old man presented with a slow growing left medial canthal lesion. |
| 1. |
The most likely diagnosis is: |
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| a. |
squamous cell carcinoma |
| b. |
basal cell carcinoma |
| c. |
sebaceous gland carcinoma |
| d. |
keratoacanthoma |
| e. |
nevus |
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| 2. |
The most common periocular site involved with this lesion is: |
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| a. |
upper lid > lower lid > medial canthus > lateral canthus |
| b. |
lower lid > upper lid > medial canthus > lateral canthus |
| c. |
lower lid > medial canthus > upper lid > lateral canthus |
| d. |
upper lid > medial canthus > lower lid > lateral canthus |
| e. |
all sites affected equally |
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| 3. |
Histopathologic examination would show: |
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| a. |
squamous differentiation and keratin pearls |
| b. |
sebaceous gland differentiation and pagetoid spread |
| c. |
proliferation of basaloid cells with peripheral palisading, and retraction artifact |
| d. |
nests of atypical melanocytes in the dermis |
| e. |
keratin filled crater |
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