Digital papillary adenocarcinoma

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Distal papillary adenocarcinoma is a rare malignant skin tumour.[1]

General

  • Very rare.
  • Aggressive.

Gross

  • Distal end of a finger or toe.
    • Usually fingers.[1]

Microscopic

Features:

  • Papillary projections.
  • Basaloid cells usually with mild-to-moderate atypia.

DDx:

See also

=References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Suchak R, Wang WL, Prieto VG, et al. (December 2012). "Cutaneous digital papillary adenocarcinoma: a clinicopathologic study of 31 cases of a rare neoplasm with new observations". Am. J. Surg. Pathol. 36 (12): 1883–91. doi:10.1097/PAS.0b013e31826320ec. PMID 23026931.