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Multiple facial bumps with weight loss

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The large and extensive lesions on this young patient’s face led us to an even more troubling finding.


 

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A 12-Year-old girl came into our hospital for treatment of multiple bumps that had developed around her eyes and other areas of her face 2 months earlier. She had difficulty opening her eyes and complained of gradual weight loss.

On examination, we noted numerous skin-colored, shiny, dome-shaped, coalescing papules and nodules with central umbilications that were distributed mostly on her periocular and perinasal areas (FIGURE). When we expressed the papules with forceps, they exuded a cheesy material. We also noticed crusting and signs of inflammation on her eyelids.

The systemic examination was unremarkable.

FIGURE
Opening her eyes was difficult


This 12-year-old patient had multiple dome-shaped, coalescing papules and nodules with central umbilications in the periocular and perinasal areas.

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