title: Cutaneous lymphadenoma: a rare case and brief review of a diagnostic pitfall.
abstract: We report a case of cutaneous lymphadenoma on the posterior left ear of a 67-year-old woman. Although it is benign, recognition of cutaneous lymphadenoma is important as it presents a diagnostic pitfall to the unsuspecting dermatologist and general surgical pathologist, who may readily misdiagnose the lesion because it is not only very rare, but also clinically and histologically resembles the far more common and locally destructive basal cell carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University , Hamilton, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Ryan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University , Hamilton, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Samih
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Salama
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University , Hamilton, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Salem
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Alowami
keywords: cutaneous lymphadenoma; lymphotropic adamantinoid trichoblastoma