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cutaneous tumors
Thursday 5 June 2003
skin tumours , cutaneous neoplasms
Localization
epidermal tumors (tumors of the epidermis)
dermal tumors (tumors of the dermis)
- cutaneous adnexal tumors
hypodermal tumors (tumors of the hypodermis)
Appearance
cutaneous small cell tumors
cutaneous clear cell tumors
cutaneous large cell tumors
cutaneous fusiform cell tumors
Classification
cutaneous epithelial tumors
- epidermal tumors (tumors of the epidermis )
- cutaneous neuroendocrine and neuroectodermal tumors
- cutaneous adnexal tumors
- hair follicle tumors
- apocrine tumors (sebaceous tumors )
- eccrine tumors
- cutaneous adnexal cysts
- cutaneous adnexal carcinomas
- cutaneous metastasis / metastatic cutaneous tumors
- cutaneous Paget disease
dysembryoplastic cysts
cutaneous melanocytic tumors
cutaneous fibroblastic /myofibroblastic tumors and cutaneous fibrous tumors
cutaneous histiocytic tumors
- cutaneous histiocytoses
- cutaneous Langerhans cell histiocytosis
- cutaneous dendrocytic tumors (cutaneous dendritic tumors )
cutaneous fibrohistiocytic tumors
cutaneous mastocytosis
perivascular tumors
cutaneous xanthomas
cutaneous nervous tumors
cutaneous vascular tumors and cutaneous vascular anomalies
cutaneous smooth muscle tumors
cutaneous adipocytic tumors
cutaneous chondrocytic tumors
cutaneous lymphomas and cutaenous leukemia localizations
cutaneous tumors of uncertain differentiation
ungueal tumors
Diagnostic of cutaneous tumors
appearance ?
- cutaneous small cell tumors
- cutaneous clear cell tumors
- cutaneous large cell tumors
- cutaneous fusiform cell tumors
- cutaneous blue round cell tumors
types
- epithelial tumors
- epidermal tumors
- cutaneous adnexal tumors
macroscopical appearance ?
- cutaneous nodules
- pigmented nodules and melanotic nodules
- keratotic nodules
- ulcerated nodules
differentiation ?
- squamoid differentiation
- sebaceous differentiation
See also
cutaneous anomalies
cutaneous diseases
dermatitis
Links
References
Tsai KY, Tsao H. The genetics of skin cancer. Am J Med Genet. 2004 Nov 15;131C(1):82-92. PMID: 15468170
Non-melanocytic tumors of the Skin. Atlas of Tumor Pathology. AFIP, 1991.
