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Case Reports
. 2014 Mar;5(1):43-5.
doi: 10.1007/s13193-013-0259-2. Epub 2013 Aug 21.

Malignant proliferating trichilemmal tumor in young male

Prasad K Shetty  1 , Srikanth Jagirdar  2 , K Balaiah  2 , Deepak Shetty  2
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Malignant proliferating trichilemmal tumor in young male

Prasad K Shetty et al. Indian J Surg Oncol. 2014 Mar.
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Right posterior auricular swelling with a healed curvilinear scar (thin arrow) over the scalp; Note another irregular healed scar at the right parieto-occipital region (thick arrow)
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Skin with tumour islands in the dermis arranged in lobular and diffuse pattern (H and E, 20×)
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a Tumour cells arranged in lobules with a few showing keratinization (H and E, 40×); b Individual tumour cells are polygonal with some showing clearing of cytoplasm and keratinization (H and E × 40); c Islands of clear tumour cells showing nuclear pleomorphism and mitotic activity (H and E, 100×); d Neoplastic cells show abrupt keratin production (H and E, 40×)
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Fig. 6
Tumour nests showing basophilic areas of calcification (H and E, 100×); Inset shows islands of pleomorphic tumour cells with many mitotic figures, a few of which appear atypical (H and E, 200×)
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One year postoperative image showing healed scar
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