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''' | '''Trichilemmal carcinoma''' is a rare malignant [[skin tumour]]. | ||
==General== | ==General== | ||
Latest revision as of 03:22, 22 May 2014
Trichilemmal carcinoma is a rare malignant skin tumour.
General
- Super rare.
- Not well-described.
Microscopic
Features:[1]
- Clear (glycogen-rich) cytoplasm in center of lesion.
- Peripheral palisading at edge of lesion - root sheath differentiation (hair follicle).
- Contiguous with hair follicle or assoc. with trichilemmoma.
DDx:
- Squamous cell carcinoma, clear cell variant.
- Basal cell carcinoma, clear cell variant.
- Trichilemmoma.
See also
References
- ↑ Busam, Klaus J. (2009). Dermatopathology: A Volume in the Foundations in Diagnostic Pathology Series (1st ed.). Saunders. pp. 399-400. ISBN 978-0443066542.