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# | '''Steatocystoma''' is a rare benign [[dermal cyst]]. | ||
==General== | |||
*Benign. | |||
*Typically adults. | |||
*Usually on the trunk. | |||
*May be genetic; known as ''steatocystoma multiplex''.<ref name=omim184500>{{OMIM|184500}}</ref> | |||
**Classically autosomal dominant.<ref>URL: [http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case674/dx.html http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case674/dx.html]. Accessed on: 29 January 2012.</ref> | |||
==Microscopic== | |||
Features:<ref name=Ref_Derm312>{{Ref Derm|312}}</ref> | |||
*Cyst lined by squamous epithelium with: | |||
*#Corrugated eosinophilic lining - '''key feature'''. | |||
*#*Similar appearance to compact keratin (hyperkeratosis). | |||
*#*Described as a ''hyaline cuticle''.<ref>URL: [http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case674/dx.html http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case674/dx.html]. Accessed on: 29 January 2012.</ref> | |||
*#'''No''' granular cell layer. | |||
===Images=== | |||
<gallery> | |||
Image:SkinTumors-P6260388.JPG | Steatocystoma. (WC) | |||
Image:Steatocystoma_-_low_mag.jpg | Steatocystoma - low mag. (WC/Nephron) | |||
Image:Steatocystoma_-_intermed_mag.jpg | Steatocystoma - intermed. mag. (WC/Nephron) | |||
</gallery> | |||
www: | |||
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/santoshpath/4788590105/in/photostream/ Steatocystoma - low mag. (flickr.com)]. | |||
**[http://www.flickr.com/photos/santoshpath/4788590109/ Steatocystoma - high mag. (flickr.com)]. | |||
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case674/images/fig03.jpg Steatocystoma (upmc.edu)].<ref>URL: [http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case674.html http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case674.html]. Accessed on: 29 January 2012.</ref> | |||
==See also== | |||
*[[Dermal cysts]]. | |||
==References== | |||
{{Reflist|1}} | |||
[[Category:Diagnosis]] | [[Category:Diagnosis]] | ||
[[Category:Dermal cysts]] | |||