Changing pigmentation in a solitary scalp lesion

Dermatol Online J. 2014 Feb 18;20(2):doj_21552.

Abstract

A healthy 66 year-old man presented with a complaint of changes within a nodule on the scalp, which had first appeared over 10 years prior. He had no previous history of skin cancer. On physical examination a solitary, asymmetric, purple-black nodule with irregular borders was identified on the right vertex of his scalp. The remainder of his examination did not reveal any additional lesions.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Hidrocystoma / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Scalp*
  • Skin Pigmentation
  • Sweat Gland Neoplasms / pathology*