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→‎Pilar cyst: +steatocytsoma
(→‎Collagenous fibroma: rm collagenous fibroma -- merge with section in Fibroblastic/myofibroblastic tumours)
(→‎Pilar cyst: +steatocytsoma)
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*[[Epidermal cyst]] - has a granular layer.
*[[Epidermal cyst]] - has a granular layer.
==Steatocystoma==
===General===
*Benign.
*Typically adults.
*Usually on the trunk.
===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).
*#'''No''' granular cell layer.


==See also==
==See also==
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