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Case Reports
. 2018 Sep-Dec;22(3):415-417.
doi: 10.4103/jomfp.JOMFP_243_18.

Eccrine poroma: Insights of its occurrence and differentials in the maxillofacial region

Arpan K Shah  1 , Amrish N Shah  2 , Sandeep B Patil  3
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Case Reports

Eccrine poroma: Insights of its occurrence and differentials in the maxillofacial region

Arpan K Shah et al. J Oral Maxillofac Pathol. 2018 Sep-Dec.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
(a) Pigmented polypoid lesion involving the medial aspect of the right thigh, (b) excised lesion exhibiting a cauliflower-like surface, (c) proliferation of poroid cells against the background of loosely arranged stroma (H&E, ×4) (d) tumor cells showing oval vesicular nuclei and moderate amounts of cytoplasm. Note vague duct-like structures with eosinophilic material in their lumina (black arrow) (H&E, ×40)
Figure 2
Figure 2
(a) Tumors cells showing cytoplasmic expression of cytokeratin-5 (immunohistochemical, ×40), (b) tumor cells showing cytoplasmic extension of cytokeratin-14. Note the staining of basal cells of the epidermis as an internal control (immunohistochemical, ×40) (c) cytoplasmic and membranous staining of epithelial membrane antigen in tumor cells (immunohistochemical, ×40), (d) cytoplasmic expression of carcinoembryonic antigen by tumor cells (immunohistochemical, ×40)
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