Multiple facial bumps with weight loss
The large and extensive lesions on this young patient’s face led us to an even more troubling finding.
A Good-quality patient-oriented evidence
B Inconsistent or limited-quality patient-oriented evidence
C Consensus, usual practice, opinion, disease-oriented evidence, case series
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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