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Involvement of the nasal region is highly uncommon and prone to misdiagnosis because of its nonspecific clinical features.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Case description<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>An 84-year-old woman presented with a collection of asymptomatic, firm, agminated papules on the left nasal ala, first noted about 2 years prior. At dermoscopy, the lesions presented fine, linear, irregular vessels on a salmon-colored background. The histopathological evaluation revealed nodular lymphoid infiltrates within the dermis, a prominent grenz zone, and well-demarcated lymphoid follicles composed of atypical lymphocytes with a thin mantle zone. The immunohistochemical analysis showed diffuse positivity for CD20, BCL6 and CD10, and negativity for BCL2 and CD5 in the atypical cells, which were surrounded by a thin layer of CD3-positive reactive T lymphocytes. The diagnosis of PCFCL was established on the basis of the clinical, dermoscopic, and histopathologic findings, and curative radiation therapy was initiated.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>PCFCL involving the nasal ala is extremely rare and presents with nonspecific dermoscopic patterns that may delay or obscure diagnosis. 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