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Image Number #8153 (Keratoacanthoma)

Diagnosis: Keratoacanthoma

Description: Nodule with central keratin-filled crater.

Morphology: Nodule pink

Site: Cheek

Sex: F

Age: 80

Type: Clinical

Submitted By: Nameer Al-Sudany

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History:

 An asymptomatic, red, dome-shaped nodule with a central keratin-filled crater of 8 months duration. Clinically, it fits solitary KA and has been removed through curettage and cautery under LA. Six months later no signs of recurrence was found. 

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