Dermatopathology, Set 2

For each of the following patients, select the most likely pathologic finding:

1. A 26-year-old woman has dozens of 1 to 3 cm pigmented macules and raised plaques over her body. A brother, uncle, and 2 cousins are similarly affected:

2. A 65-year-old man has several raised, coin-like, light brown 1 to 2 cm lesions over his face and chest that have been slowly enlarging for years:

3. A 29-year-old woman has a chronic cough and a chest radiograph reveals bilateral upper lobe cavitary lesions. A tuberculin skin test is positive with induration 13 mm in diameter. She develops several 2 to 6 cm tender, rounded, slightly erythematous nodules on her lower extremities:

4. A 51-year-old woman has loss of hearing on the left, and an MRI scan reveals a 4 cm mass at the cerebellopontine angle:

5. A 19-year-old man has an irregular 1 x 3 cm area of nodular scarring that enlarges for several months following a laceration to his chest:

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