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Case Reports
. 2020 Aug 26:2020:8855572.
doi: 10.1155/2020/8855572. eCollection 2020.

Enigmatic Rapidly Enlarging Nasal Mass That Is Not Cancer

Trilok Shrivastava  1 , Lin Li  1 , Sonia Tanwar  1 , Rabab Nasim  1 , Vincent Gullas  1 , Jay Pescatore  1 , Michael Nelson  2
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Enigmatic Rapidly Enlarging Nasal Mass That Is Not Cancer

Trilok Shrivastava et al. Case Rep Dermatol Med. .

Abstract

Cutaneous blastomycosis is not rare, but progressively enlarging nasal mass as the only presentation with nondiagnostic biopsy results, presence of pulmonary fibrosis, nodules and lymphadenopathy, and urinary sediments, as well as ANA and p-ANCA positivity, can make things more cryptic than expected.

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Nasal mass during admission showing involvement of left ala, nasal bridge, columella, philtrum and left nasal cavity with irregular scaly micronodular lesion with pustules, and areas of hemorrhage.
Figure 2
Figure 2
CT chest showing fibrotic parenchyma of both lungs more on the right side with nodules.
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