Asymptomatic Annular Plaques in a 67-Year-Old Man: Challenge.

Am J Dermatopathol

*Department of Dermatology, University Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Spain; †Department of Pathology, General Hospital of Valencia, Valencia, Spain; and ‡Department of Pathology, University Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Spain.

Published: June 2017

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