Difference between revisions of "Pilar sheath acanthoma"

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==Microscopic==
==Microscopic==
Features:<ref name=pmid718186/>
Features:<ref name=pmid718186/>
*Cystic cavity with branching:<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Choi | first1 = YS. | last2 = Park | first2 = SH. | last3 = Bang | first3 = D. | title = Pilar sheath acanthoma--report of a case with review of the literature. | journal = Yonsei Med J | volume = 30 | issue = 4 | pages = 392-5 | month = Dec | year = 1989 | doi =  | PMID = 2697113 | URL = http://www.eymj.org/Synapse/Data/PDFData/0069YMJ/ymj-30-392.pdf }}</ref>
*Cystic cavity with branching:<ref name=pmid2697113>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Choi | first1 = YS. | last2 = Park | first2 = SH. | last3 = Bang | first3 = D. | title = Pilar sheath acanthoma--report of a case with review of the literature. | journal = Yonsei Med J | volume = 30 | issue = 4 | pages = 392-5 | month = Dec | year = 1989 | doi =  | PMID = 2697113 | URL = http://www.eymj.org/Synapse/Data/PDFData/0069YMJ/ymj-30-392.pdf }}</ref>
**Contains keratineous material.
**Contains keratineous material.
**Usually extends from surface to deep cutis - like a hair shaft.
**Usually extends from surface to deep cutis - like a hair shaft.
**Lining consists of a thickened squamous epithelium.
**Lining consists of a thickened squamous epithelium.
*+/-Mitoses.


DDx:
DDx:
*[[Trichofolliculoma]].
*[[Trichofolliculoma]] - no branching of cavity, associated with hair & sebaceous glands.<ref name=pmid2697113/>
*[[Dilated pore of Winer]].
*[[Dilated pore of Winer]] - associated with hair & sebaceous glands.<ref name=pmid2697113/>
*[[Epidermal inclusion cyst]].
*[[Epidermal inclusion cyst]].


===Images===
===Images===
<gallery>
<gallery>
Image:SkinTumors-P8190634.JPG | PSA. (WC)
Image:SkinTumors-P8190634.JPG | Possibly a PSA. (WC)
</gallery>
</gallery>
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