Research Journal of Medical Sciences
ISSN: Online 1993-6095ISSN: Print 1815-9346
Abstract
Skin adnexal tumors are a group of skin tumors which differentiate towards hair follicles, sebaceous glands, eccrine and apocrine sweat glands. These tumors are uncommon in routine practice and usually cause diagnostic problems. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of skin adnexal tumors, its correlation with age group and sex and to study detail histopathological character of each tumor by light microscopy. A prospective and retrospective study was conducted on 50 cases for four years period in department of pathology, ASCCOMS, Jammu. Among the all types of skin appendageal tumors diagnosed 94% were benign and 6% were malignant. Maximum benign tumor cases were seen in age group of 26‐50 years and maximum malignant cases were seen in age group 51‐75 years. Tumors were observed most frequently on the scalp in both the sexes. As per histopathological types of the benign skin appendageal tumors, benign follicular tumor was seen in 23 cases (46%), benign eccrine tumor in 20 cases (40%), benign apocrine in 3 cases (6%) and benign sebaceous tumor in one case(2%). As per histopathological types of malignant tumors, 2 cases of eccrine poracarcinoma and a case of sebaceous carcinoma were seen. The incidence of appendageal skin tumors is relatively uncommon. Histopathological study of clinically suspected cases of skin appendageal tumor is a need of an hour.
How to cite this article:
Silky Mahajan, Arvind Khajuria and Mukul Chopra. A Retrospective Study of Morphology and Histology of Cutaneous Appendageal Tumors from Northern India.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.59218/makrjms.2024.6.114.119
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