Desmoplastic trichoepithelioma with nevus cell nevi |
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Authors: | M Winzer H Kutzner W Lengen |
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Institution: | Klinik für Dermatologie und Venerologie, Medizinische Universit?t zu Lübeck. |
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Abstract: | Among a total of 270,000 skin biopsies, 87 desmoplastic trichoepitheliomas were identified, 11 (12.6%) of which were associated with nevocytic nevi. Histopathologically we found nevocytes next to horn cysts and thin strands of monomorphous basaloid neoplastic cells in a dense desmoplastic stroma. The frequency of this association suggests that it may be a combined malformation rather than a chance occurrence. On clinical examination most cases had been misdiagnosed as basal cell carcinomas. Most biopsies were taken from the faces of fairly young women. |
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