Interactive Case Study - June 2013




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Author Profiles

Steven A. Nelson
Department of Dermatology, Geisinger Medical System
Steven A. Nelson, MD, is a currently a dermatopathology fellow at Geisinger Medical System in Danville, Pennsylvania, a board certified dermatologist, and assistant professor at Mayo Clinic Arizona. Dr. Nelson received his doctor of medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, followed by a dermatology residency at Mayo Clinic Arizona.

Tammie Ferringer
Departments of Dermatology and Laboratory Medicine, Geisinger Medical Center
Tammie Ferringer, MD, 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.

George Lin
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Geisinger Medical Center
George Lin, MD, PhD,is an associate at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania, and is board certified in anatomic pathology. Dr. Lin received his MD and PhD at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Lin completed his residency in anatomic pathology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, followed by a fellowship in dermatopathology in the Harvard Dermatopathology Combined Fellowship Program, Harvard Medical School in Boston
Question:
Solitary mass on the right thigh of an adolescent
Category
Tumors > Other Tumors
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