Cytologic Features of Primary Malignant Tumors of Skin and Adnexae

Prayaga, Aruna K; Loya, Anand Chayansukh; Gottimukkala, Suryanarayana Raju; Digumarti, Raghunadha Rao; Maddali, Lakshmi Srinivas; Challa, Sundaram

doi:10.1159/000325625

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“…The diagnosis of skin adnexal tumors by cytology is controversial because these lesions are clearly manageable by excision. [ 3 ] However, a cytologist may have to face the challenge of diagnosing these lesions as it is documented in the literature in only a few large case series and case reports. [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 ] Hence, the awareness of the cytologic features of skin adnexal tumors is essential.…”

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“…The cytology of cutaneous sebaceous carcinoma has been discussed previously, however, the cytology of sebaceoma is described only once in a case series of 544 cases, which included one case of sebaceous epithelioma. [ 1 3 6 ]…”

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“…The presence of clusters with both basaloid and vacuolated cells along with stromal fragments in a lesion prompts a diagnosis of adnexal tumor of sebaceous origin. [ 1 3 6 ] Cells having clear cytoplasm may be seen in other adnexal tumors and can be confused with mature sebocytes seen in sebaceoma. Presence of multiple vacuoles and an eccentrically placed nucleus in mature sebocytes differentiates them from clear cells of other adnexal tumors.…”

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Cytomorphology of skin adnexal tumors: A tale of two scalp swellings

Panwar¹,

Goel²,

Majumdar³

et al. 2018

J Cytol

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The primary and metastatic tumors of the skin can be effectively diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC); however, the cytomorphological features of skin adnexal tumors are rarely described in the literature. We hereby describe the cytological features of two histologically confirmed cases of benign skin adnexal tumors. Case 1 is of a 46-year-old female who presented with an elevated firm nodule over the scalp. A cytological diagnosis of benign adnexal tumor possibly of sebaceous origin was given. The nodule was excised and histopathological examination confirmed the diagnosis of sebaceoma. Case 2 is of a 19-year-old male who presented with a pigmented scalp swelling. Cytomorphological features were suggestive of benign skin adnexal tumor with foci of melanin pigment. The swelling was excised and histopathological examination confirmed the diagnosis of eccrine poroma. To the best of our knowledge, only one previous report of sebaceoma and no report of eccrine poroma describing the cytological findings of these two tumors exist. We report these two cases of benign skin adnexal tumors to discuss the cytological features and the potential diagnostic dilemma that they pose to the cytologist.

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Cytomorphology of skin adnexal tumors: A tale of two scalp swellings

Panwar¹,

Goel²,

Majumdar³

et al. 2018

J Cytol

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“…The extensive analysis of the literature shows that methodology of nipple scraping is largely underutilized and only single cases are reported. [2][3][4][5][6][7] The objective of our study was to analyze the value of nipple…”

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