SKIN ADNEXAL TUMOURS- INSTITUTIONAL STUDY IN SOUTH ODISHAc
Journal Title: Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 7
Abstract
BACKGROUND Skin adnexal tumors though less common are diverse group of skin tumors that originate from or show differentiation toward adnexal epithelial structures are classified according to embryologic and histologic features into sweat gland tumors (eccrine, apocrine), follicular and sebaceous. Usually they are rare tumor, clinically misdiagnosed, histology helps in establishing the diagnosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Prospective & retrospective study was conducted in the Department of Pathology, MKCG Medical College over a period of 4 years. Total 31 cases were included, in our study diagnosed to have Skin adnexal neoplasm and confirmed by histopathology. All the specimens were formalin fixed, processed and stained with H&E and special stains wherever necessary. RESULTS Tumors with follicular differentiation constituted the maximum number, 15 cases (48.4%) followed by eccrine tumor 13 cases (42%); tumors of apocrine differentiation 3 cases (9.6%). CONCLUSION Cutaneous adnexal neoplasms are relatively uncommon neoplasm with distinct histological features, commonly distributed in head and neck region, with slight male predominance in our study.
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Bandana Mishra, Debi Prasad Mishra, Sulata Choudhury
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