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A Strange Enlargement of the Upper Lip

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A 44-year-old female presented to the office complaining of rapidly growing nodular lesion on the upper lip for the past 6 months (Figs. 4.1 and 4.2). She denied any major medical history or systemic disease.

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  1. Dermatology and Venerology Clinic, Acibadem City Clinic Tokuda Hospital, Sofia, Bulgaria

    M. Kacheva, M. Kassini, M. Kadurina, Z. Demerdzhieva & N. Tsankov

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  1. Dermatology, University of Rome Guglielmo Marconi, Roma, Roma, Italy

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  2. Dermatology, University of Rome Guglielmo Marconi, Roma, Roma, Italy

    Michael Tirant

  3. Dermatologie und Allergologie, Städtisches Klinikum Dresden, Dresden, Sachsen, Germany

    Uwe Wollina

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Kacheva, M., Kassini, M., Kadurina, M., Demerdzhieva, Z., Tsankov, N. (2020). A Strange Enlargement of the Upper Lip. In: Lotti, T., Tirant, M., Wollina, U. (eds) Clinical Cases in Melanoma. Clinical Cases in Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50820-3_4

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