An unusual histopathologic response to an insect bite.
A lesion with the histologic features of a cutaneous plasmacytoma formed on the cheek of a woman bitten by an insect six months previously. The significance of cutaneous plasmacytoma, its differential diagnosis, and the importance of clinical versus histologic diagnosis are discussed.
D001516:Bees; D002610:Cheek / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007299:Insect Bites and Stings / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis