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#redirect [[Dermatologic_neoplasms#Trichofolliculoma]]
'''Trichofolliculoma''' is an uncommon benign [[dermatologic neoplasm]].


==General==
*Benign.
==Microscopic==
Features:<ref name=Ref_Derm382>{{Ref Derm|382}}</ref>
*Irregular hair follicle (basilar nest of cells with an acellular hair shaft) with:
**Smaller satellites (follicles) consisting of well-circumscribed basilar cells.
Note:
*Lack artificial clefting between the (basilar) nests and stroma (seen in [[BCC]]).
*Surrounding stroma does not have a basophilic tingle (seen in [[BCC]]).
DDx:
*[[Trichoblastoma]].
*[[Basal cell carcinoma]].
*[[Pilar sheath acanthoma]].
===Images===
www:
Trichofolliculoma [https://www.dermnetnz.org/topics/trichofolliculoma-pathology DermNet]
<gallery>
Image:SkinTumors-P6190340.JPG | Trichofolliculoma. (WC)
</gallery>
==See also==
*[[Dermatologic neoplasms]].
==References==
{{Reflist|2}}
[[Category:Dermatologic neoplasms]]
[[Category:Diagnosis]]
[[Category:Diagnosis]]

Latest revision as of 14:22, 3 May 2018

Trichofolliculoma is an uncommon benign dermatologic neoplasm.

General

  • Benign.

Microscopic

Features:[1]

  • Irregular hair follicle (basilar nest of cells with an acellular hair shaft) with:
    • Smaller satellites (follicles) consisting of well-circumscribed basilar cells.

Note:

  • Lack artificial clefting between the (basilar) nests and stroma (seen in BCC).
  • Surrounding stroma does not have a basophilic tingle (seen in BCC).

DDx:

Images

www:

Trichofolliculoma DermNet

See also

References

  1. Busam, Klaus J. (2009). Dermatopathology: A Volume in the Foundations in Diagnostic Pathology Series (1st ed.). Saunders. pp. 382. ISBN 978-0443066542.