Case description

A 31-year-old woman underwent resection of the inguinal lymph node, 3 cm in diameter, with a suspicion of metastasis. Two years ago, a subcutaneous lesion from the right thigh was excised. There was no family history of malignancy or any other significant pathologies. The microscopic findings of the lymph node (Fig. 1 A, B). and subcutaneous lesion (Fig. 1 C, D) are presented below.

Anna Szumera-Ciećkiewicz, Konrad Ptaszyński Department of Pathology, Maria Skłodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Centre and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw 02-781 Warsaw, ul. Roentgena 5, tel. +48 22 546 27 26, e-mail: annacieckiewicz@coi.waw.pl



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