We describe a 6-year-old boy who developed Borrelia burgdorferi-associated lymphocytoma cutis on the ear. Lymphocytoma is a benign polyclonal B-cell lymphoproliferative process; it is defined as a subacute manifestation of early disseminated borrelial infection. Clinical history, physical examination, and serodiagnosis tests are often sufficient to establish diagnosis, but sometimes, histopathologic analysis is needed to exclude malignant cutaneous lymphomas. The outcome is always favorable but after antibiotic therapy, the lesion disappears promptly.
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