A 27‐Year‐Old Man with Soft‐Tissue Swelling on the Scalp and Hypochondrium

a Present affiliation: Division of Hematology/Oncology, Wake Forest University, WinstonSalem, North Carolina. Reprints or correspondence: Dr. Madhuri Yalamanchili, 105-09 Crowne Chase Dr., WinstonSalem, NC 27104 (madhuriyalamanchili@yahoo.com). Clinical Infectious Diseases 2002; 35:763–4 2002 by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved. 1058-4838/2002/3506-0019$15.00 Figure 1. Soft-tissue mass on the right hypochondrium. The size of the mass shown here is smaller than the size that was noted at the time of original presentation, because this photograph was obtained after biopsy. Figure 2. CT scan of the cranium showing localized soft-tissue swelling of the scalp and a lytic lesion of the skull.