HistoryThis section has been translated automatically.
Sau, Graham and Helwig, 1995
DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.
Slowly growing, skin-coloured tumour corresponding to the proliferating tricholemic cyst, located deep dermally, with epidermal keratinisation of the cyst wall (clearly visible keratohyalin granules in the stratum granulosum).
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EtiopathogenesisThis section has been translated automatically.
Not clear.
ManifestationThis section has been translated automatically.
Men are more frequently affected than women.
LocalizationThis section has been translated automatically.
Capillitium (about 20%), anogenital (30-40%), extremities (10-20%), buttocks, trunk (10-15%).
Clinical featuresThis section has been translated automatically.
Rare, solitary or multiple, slowly growing, skin-coloured, 0.4-15 cm large, solid or cystic nodule.
HistologyThis section has been translated automatically.
Predominantly subepidermally located cystic tumor with central horny masses. Broad wall epithelium keratinizing over a stratum corneum, infiltrating the surrounding tissue in clumsy, ripe cell proliferations. Detection of onion skin-like epithelial rosettes. Increasing cell and nuclear polymorphism and numerous mitoses indicate transition to squamous cell carcinoma.
Complication(s)This section has been translated automatically.
Recurrence after surgical removal in over 20% of cases; risk of carcinomatous degeneration.
TherapyThis section has been translated automatically.
Surgical removal with careful margin control.
AftercareThis section has been translated automatically.
Subtle clinical follow-up as in spinocellular carcinoma.
Note(s)This section has been translated automatically.
Apart from the primary publication, which lists 33 cases, the follow-up literature is sparse. Its independence as an entity appears questionable and requires further confirmation.
LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.
- Cameron DS et al (2003) Squamous cell carcinoma in an epidermal inclusion cyst: case report. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surgery 129: 141-143
- Debaize S et al (2002) Squamous cell carcinoma arising in a giant epidermal cyst: a case report. Acta Chir Belg 102: 196-198
- Folpe AL et al (2003) Proliferating trichilemmal tumors: clinicopathologic evaluation is a guide to biological behavior. J Cutan Pathol 30: 492-498
- Perwein E et al (1986) Proliferating epidermal cyst. Dermatologist 37: 102-106
- Riemann H et al (1999) Proliferating trichilemmal cyst with focal segments of metastatic squamous epithelial carcinoma. dermatologist 50: 42-46
- Sau P, Graham JH, Helwig EB (1995) Proliferating epithelial cysts. Clinicopathological analysis of 96 cases. J Cutan Pathol 22: 394-406
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