TY - JOUR
T1 - Fibroepithelioma of Pinkus with pleomorphic epithelial giant cells
AU - Repertinger, Susan K.
AU - Stevens, Todd
AU - Markin, Nicholas
AU - Klepacz, Heather
AU - Sarma, Deba P.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2008/12
Y1 - 2008/12
N2 - Fibroepithelioma of Pinkus is a rare, indolent variant of basal cell carcinoma (BCC). The presence of pleomorphic giant cells in such a tumor is extremely rare and to our knowledge, only one such case has been previously reported in the literature. We report another case occurring as a pedunculated, gluteal lesion in an 82-year-old man. The nodule was lightly pigmented, polypoid, and measured 1.0 cm in greatest dimension. Immunohistochemical staining confirmed that the giant cells were of epithelial origin and that the proliferative rate of these cells was low.
AB - Fibroepithelioma of Pinkus is a rare, indolent variant of basal cell carcinoma (BCC). The presence of pleomorphic giant cells in such a tumor is extremely rare and to our knowledge, only one such case has been previously reported in the literature. We report another case occurring as a pedunculated, gluteal lesion in an 82-year-old man. The nodule was lightly pigmented, polypoid, and measured 1.0 cm in greatest dimension. Immunohistochemical staining confirmed that the giant cells were of epithelial origin and that the proliferative rate of these cells was low.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 19265626
AN - SCOPUS:58149265209
SN - 1087-2108
VL - 14
JO - Dermatology Online Journal
JF - Dermatology Online Journal
IS - 12
M1 - 13
ER -