Removing a lesion

Removing a lesion
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Today Tery, Deb and I removed a nodule tucked in the Right bicep muscle to take home with us to the pathology department. The boy is 20 years old who has trichinosis (parasite that invades muscle. We treated him with Albendazole 400mg bid for 14 days. It will not likely take away the many nodules he has on his body but hopefully he will not get more. Dr. Bordeau wanted us to biopsy one of the nodules. We will bring it back for Dr. Mary Ann Sens to dissect. The team of three PAs joined together to remove the lump...