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umbilical tumors
Thursday 17 June 2010
Primary tumors of the umbilicus may take the form of adenocarcinoma, sarcoma, melanoma, squamous cell carcinoma or, rarely, basal cell carcinoma.
Rarely, umbilical adenocarcinomas assume a papillary pattern with psammoma bodies.
A clear cell acanthoma-like lesion of the umbilicus has been reported in an infant.
Types
umbilical adenocarcinoma
umbilical sarcoma
umbilical melanoma
umbilical squamous cell carcinoma
umbilical basal cell carcinoma.
umbilical umbilical adenocarcinoma
umbilical clear cell acanthoma-like lesion
See also
umbilical carcinoma
umbilical cord tumors
- umbilical cord teratoma