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Multiple asymptomatic violaceous macules on the thigh. Multinucleate cell angiohistiocytoma (MCAH)
Aditi Sagdeo1, Emily Y Chu, Rosalie Elenitsas
1Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.
JAMA Dermatology
|April 5, 2013
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