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Should a teenaged girl get a biopsy for a scaly, persistent rash on the areola on one side to confirm whether it is paget's disease or not?
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Consider biopsy: If it does not respond to the measures that would manage a simple dermatitis / lichen simplex in a week.
Answered 7/4/2015
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