TY - JOUR
T1 - Cutaneous apocrine mixed tumor
T2 - Derived from the apocrine duct of the folliculo-sebaceous-apocrine unit?
AU - Gianotti, Raffaele
AU - Coggi, Antonella
AU - Alessi, Elvio
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - We report a case of cutaneous mixed tumor (CMT) composed of tubular branching structures lined by cells with apocrine characteristics. In addition, an apocrine duct in the outer sheath of an hair follicle was connected to the mixed tumor, a previously unreported finding. Follicular and sebaceous differentiation have been described in CMT, leading some observers to suggest the existence of an apocrine type of CMT and its presumed differentiation toward the folliculo-sebaceous-apocrine unit (FSAU). Our case demonstrated continuity of an apocrine duct in the FSAU and lends support to the previous speculations about the histogenesis of apocrine type of CMT.
AB - We report a case of cutaneous mixed tumor (CMT) composed of tubular branching structures lined by cells with apocrine characteristics. In addition, an apocrine duct in the outer sheath of an hair follicle was connected to the mixed tumor, a previously unreported finding. Follicular and sebaceous differentiation have been described in CMT, leading some observers to suggest the existence of an apocrine type of CMT and its presumed differentiation toward the folliculo-sebaceous-apocrine unit (FSAU). Our case demonstrated continuity of an apocrine duct in the FSAU and lends support to the previous speculations about the histogenesis of apocrine type of CMT.
KW - Apocrine
KW - Cutaneous mixed tumor
KW - Folliculo-sebaceous-apocrine unit
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U2 - 10.1097/00000372-199802000-00010
DO - 10.1097/00000372-199802000-00010
M3 - Article
C2 - 9504670
AN - SCOPUS:0031891729
VL - 20
SP - 53
EP - 55
JO - American Journal of Dermatopathology
JF - American Journal of Dermatopathology
SN - 0193-1091
IS - 1
ER -