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. 2016 Oct;28(5):669-670.
doi: 10.5021/ad.2016.28.5.669. Epub 2016 Sep 30.

Primary Cutaneous Apocrine Carcinoma

Seung-Hee Loh  1 , Yu-Jin Oh  1 , Bark-Lynn Lew  1 , Woo-Young Sim  1
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Primary Cutaneous Apocrine Carcinoma

Seung-Hee Loh et al. Ann Dermatol. 2016 Oct.
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Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1. The 1.2×1.0 cm sized flesh to reddish colored pedunculated nodule on the right axilla.
Fig. 2
Fig. 2. (A) Scanning view of the specimen. (B) Specimen showed a well-to-moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma located in the dermis containing ductal and glandular structures with apocrine features (H&E, ×100). (C) Dense cellular nests were composed of cells with abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm, vesicular nuclei and central large nucleoli. Some lumen showed decapitation (H&E, ×200).
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