Clinical Quiz
The Hong Kong Practitioner VOLUME 26 / December 2004

A man presenting with a nodule on his thumb
C Y Leung ±ç§Ó¤¯


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Clinical history:

A 31 year-old man developed a nodule on his left thumb for 3 months. It is neither painful nor itchy. The lesion grew rapidly to 0.5 cm in diameter and bled easily.

The slide and the question were prepared by:
Dr C Y Leung, FRCP, FHKAM(Med)
Senior Medical Officer,
i/c Cheung Sha Wan Dermatological Clinic, Social Hygiene Service, Department of Health.

What is the diagnosis?

A. Strawberry haemangioma
B. Kaposi' s sarcoma
C. Dermatofibroma
D. Pyogenic granuloma

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