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Erythematous Ulcerated Perioral Nodule

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Clinical Cases in Middle-Years Pediatric Dermatology

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Abstract

Facial erythematous nodules in children may have a variable origin. Here we present a 6-year old boy with a recalcitrant erythematous-ulcerated plaque of the perioral area. Clinical, dermoscopic and histological findings lead to the diagnosis of a parasitic infection.

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  1. Dermatology Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    Diego Abbenante, Valeria Evangelista, Giulia Veronesi, Alba Guglielmo & Iria Neri

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  1. Dermatology, University of Rome “G.Marconi”, Rome, Italy

    Torello M. Lotti

  2. Dermatology, University of Rome “G.Marconi”, Rome, Italy

    Fabio Arcangeli

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Abbenante, D., Evangelista, V., Veronesi, G., Guglielmo, A., Neri, I. (2022). Erythematous Ulcerated Perioral Nodule. In: Lotti, T.M., Arcangeli, F. (eds) Clinical Cases in Middle-Years Pediatric Dermatology. Clinical Cases in Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91529-2_16

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