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Case 04

View the following images and select the correct diagnosis from the list of differentials given below.

Non-Gyne Case 04 -- A rare find

          From the Cytopathology files of the BC Cancer Agency
          Submitted by: Tom Thomson, MD

This 51 year old male presented with a recently noted diffuse erythematous painless swelling of skin over the nose. There was no previous history of disease.

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Select the correct diagnosis:

     Click here to select A   A) Malignant Melanoma

     Click here to select B   B) Epithelioid Angiosarcoma

     Click here to select C   C) Spindle Cell Squamous Carcinoma

     Click here to select D   D) Metastatic adenocarcinoma


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