Interactive Case Study - November 2012







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Acknowledgements
Author Profiles

L. David Hall
Department of Dermatology, Geisinger Medical Center
Dr. Hall is a third year dermatology resident at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania. He earned his MD at Jefferson Medical College, and upon completion of dermatology residency he will be starting fellowship in dermatopathology at the Ackerman Academy of Dermatopathology in New York.

Tammie Ferringer
Departments of Dermatology and Laboratory Medicine, Geisinger Medical Center
Dr. Ferringer is the section head of dermatopathology and the director of the Dermatopathology Fellowship Program at Geisinger Medical Center in Pennsylvania. She earned her MD at Medical College of Pennsylvania and completed her residency in dermatology at Geisinger Medical Center. Dr. Ferringer finished her fellowship in dermatopathology at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. In addition to her routine service in the hospital, Dr. Ferringer is also on the editorial board for Cutis, an assistant editor for the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, and the ASDP MOC committee chair. More over, Dr. Ferringer is co-author and editor with Dr. Dirk Elston for the book: Requisites in Dermatology-Dermatopathology.
Question:
Asymptomatic nodule of the lower eyelid
Category
Tumors > Sweat Gland
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