Epidemiological and Pathological Profile of Skin Adnexal Tumors: Study of 97 Cases

Dref, Maria; Boujguenna, Imane; Fakhri, A.; Amal, Said; Rais, Hanane

doi:10.21474/ijar01/10128

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“…16 Another study in Iran reported the mean age as 34.5, 17 a study in Nepal reported 39.23, 19 a Nigerian study by Adegoke and Ajani 20 reported 36.6, and a study in Morocco reported 34. 21 These were all in line with our study's findings.…”

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“…31 Many other studies also reported similar findings with predominance of benign tumors, but all the rest were >90%. 7,12,16,17,21,26,27 The most common location for the tumors in our study was the scalp (25.3%), followed by the face (20.5%), and then the lower extremity (14.4%). Therefore, the head and neck region (48.6%) was the most common body site to be involved overall.…”

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“…Moroccan study reported pilomatricoma (23.7%) as the most common histologic type followed by hidradenoma (21.7%) and poroma (11.3%). 21 An Egyptian study also found hidradenoma (35.3%) as the most common tumor. 16 The most frequent line of differentiation in our study was sweat gland (48.6%), followed by follicular (33.6%) and sebaceous (16.4%).…”

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confidence: 94%

“…This finding is similar to many of the previous studies done in the United Kingdom, 11 Turkey, 25 India, 7,11,[28][29][30] Nigeria, 9,20,23 and Egypt. 16 However, a study in India by Kala et al and Sinha et al, 18,27 a study in Nepal, 19 a study in Burkina Faso, 31 Morocco, 21 and a study in Slovakia 1 found hair follicle tumors to be the most common.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Other studies reported similar findings regarding the localizations. Studies from the United Kingdom, 11 Turkey, 25 Slovakia, 1 Pakistan, 8 Nepal, 19 Nigeria, 9,20,23,32 Burkina Faso, 31 Egypt, 16 Morocco, 21 and multiple studies from India reported the head and neck region as the most common site. [25][26][27][28][29] A study from Nepal reported the scalp to be the most common site specifically, which also corresponds to our study.…”

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Five‐year pattern of adnexal tumors of the skin in Ethiopia

Abdullahi,

Hailu,

Kidane

et al. 2024

Int J Dermatology

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BackgroundAdnexal tumors of the skin are rare neoplasms that encompass a wide range of dermatologic entities. Here, we investigated the pattern of adnexal tumors of the skin in the All African Leprosy and Tuberculosis Rehabilitation and Training Center (ALERT) hospital retrospectively.MethodsA hospital‐based retrospective study was conducted at ALERT from histopathology records in the Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI) pathology laboratory of patients diagnosed with any of the skin adnexal tumors during the time period January 2017 to December 2021. A structured data extraction sheet was used. Data entry was done using EpiData 4.6.0.6. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 25.ResultA total of 146 skin adnexal tumors were identified making the magnitude 2.8% of total biopsies. The 3rd decade of life was found to be the most common age group. Male‐to‐female ratio was 1 : 1.05. Majority of the tumors were benign (82.2%) and had sweat gland differentiation at 48.6%. Poroma (10.9%) was the most frequent tumor, whereas porocarcinoma (6.8%) made up the most frequent malignant tumor. The most common site was the head and neck region (48.6%). Only 21.2% of the tumors were correctly identified clinically.ConclusionThe magnitude of skin adnexal tumors is found to be slightly higher than other similar studies which could be because it was carried out in the largest dermatologic center in the country. The most common skin adnexal tumors identified, their localizations, and lines of differentiation are all in line with other studies. Histopathologic examination is mandatory for the accurate diagnosis of these tumors.

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