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Congenital Nodule on the Ear in a Two-year-old Boy: A Quiz
Ayano IKEDA, Hiroyuki GOTO, Kazunari SUGITA* and Osamu YAMAMOTO
Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine of Sensory and Motor Organs, School of Medicine, Tottori University Faculty of Medicine, Yo-
nago 683-8504, Japan. *E-mail: [email protected]
A 2-year-old boy was referred with a nodule on the back of
his right auricle. The nodule had been present at birth and
had enlarged gradually. Physical examination revealed a
papillomatous, small, hypopigmented nodule 4×6 mm in
diameter and 5 mm high (Fig. 1A). Dermoscopic examina-
tion revealed milky-red globules in a cobblestone pattern, a
ring-like, whitish, scaly area, and dotted glomerular vessels
(Fig. 1B). The patient had no identical or similar nodules
on other sites.
What is your diagnosis? See next page for answer.
Fig. 1. (A) Hyperkeratotic, small, pink-to-red nodule, 4×6 mm in diameter
and 5 mm high. (B) Dermoscopic findings. The nodule consisted of milky-
red globules in a cobblestone pattern, a ring-like whitish scaly area, and
dotted, glomerular vessels.
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doi: 10.2340/00015555-3022
Acta Derm Venereol 2018; 98: 993–994