Make the Diagnosis: It’s a Painless Pink Nodule. How Bad Could It Be?

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Presentation

A 49-year-old woman visited her doctor concerned about a lesion that developed over her right toe within the last 4 weeks. It was painless and had begun to bleed. On examination, a smooth, pink, friable, eroded nodule was seen on the nail bed. Can you diagnose this patient?


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18% A. Amelanotic melanoma

8% B. Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma

6% C. Nodular basal cell carcinoma

9% D. Subungual fibroma

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