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sQuiz your knowledge! A cutaneous nodule in an HIV-positive man returning from Thailand Volume 31, issue 3, May-June 2021

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1 Department of Dermatology, Rennes University Hospital, Rennes, France
2 University Rennes 1, Rennes, France

A 68-year-old HIV-infected man, living in Thailand, was referred for a skin lesion on his right lower leg, which had been progressing for almost a year (figure 1A). Examination evidenced a 17-mm-diameter soft, erythematous nodule, with a scaly surface. The patient did not report other symptoms, and findings for his overall physical examination were normal. Dermoscopic inspection identified punctate and glomerular vessels. Histopathological findings revealed dermal proliferation of atypical cells [...]