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''' | This article deals with '''dermatologic neoplasms'''. It includes '''dermatologic cancer''', which can be deadly. Collectively, dermatologic cancers are the most common form of cancer. | ||
==Squamous cell carcinoma== | ==Squamous cell carcinoma== | ||
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Features: | Features: | ||
*Pleomorphic nuclei with nucleoli. | *Pleomorphic nuclei with nucleoli. | ||
*Duct-like structures. | *Duct-like structures - '''key feature'''. | ||
*Extends from dermis into epidermis (follows path of a benign sweat duct). | *Extends from dermis into epidermis (follows path of a benign sweat duct). | ||
Image: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eccrine_carcinoma_intermed_mag.jpg Eccrine carcinoma - intermed. mag. (WC)]. | Image: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eccrine_carcinoma_intermed_mag.jpg Eccrine carcinoma - intermed. mag. (WC)]. | ||
==Eccrine poroma== | |||
===General=== | |||
*Benign tumour arising from the distal sweat duct. | |||
*Erythematous - gross. | |||
===Microscopic=== | |||
Features:<ref>URL: [http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/diagnosis?pii=S1559-8675(06)70190-5 http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/diagnosis?pii=S1559-8675(06)70190-5]. Accessed on: 2 July 2010.</ref> | |||
*Broad sheets of basaloid cells containing ductal structures - '''key feature'''. | |||
*Biphasic stroma: | |||
*#Edematous stroma. | |||
*#Sclerotic stroma. | |||
*Moderate nuclear pleomorphism. | |||
*+/-Occasional mitoses. | |||
Notes: | |||
*Area above gland appears crusted. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||