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====Comment==== | ====Comment==== | ||
The sections show a mild, superficial dermal perivascular lymphoeosinophilic infiltration. Rare eosinophils are seen in the dermis distant from blood vessels. The epidermis shows normal maturation and is not inflammed. | The sections show a mild, superficial dermal perivascular lymphoeosinophilic infiltration. Rare eosinophils are seen in the dermis distant from blood vessels. The epidermis shows normal maturation and is not inflammed. | ||
== Pilomatrixoma == | |||
===Microscopic description=== | |||
The sections show a fibrous encapsulated lesion with nests of benign basaloid squamous cells, occasional squamous pearls, multi-nucleated foreign body-type giant cells, and abundant anucleated squamous cells ("ghost cells"). Focal, punctate calcifications are present. Small collections of lymphocytes are present. There is no evidence of dysplasia. | |||
===Final diagnosis=== | |||
Neck mass, left, excision - Pilomatrixoma | |||