Hard Purple Nodules: Your Dx?

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A 67-year-old woman noted the appearance of several non-tender, rock-hard, purple-colored nodules on her legs. Her medical history was significant for distant non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The violaceous color and configuration of the skin lesions suggests which of the following?

A 67-year-old woman noted the appearance of several non-tender, rock-hard, purple-colored nodules on her legs. Her medical history was significant for distant non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

The violaceous color and configuration of the skin lesions suggests which of the following?

A. Mycobacterial infection
B. Cutaneous lymphoma
C. Leukemia cutis
D. All of the above

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