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Case Number : Case: 2526 - 12 March 2020 Posted By: Saleem Taibjee

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34F, Non-healing lesion left side of nose/ala, non-specific clinical features.
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vincenzo

Intradermal thin basaloid strands, without lumina, and horn cysts with abrupt keratinization, embedded in a sclerotic stroma,   point to a Desmoplastic Trichoepithelioma.

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IgorSC
7 hours ago, vincenzo said:

Intradermal thin basaloid strands, without lumina, and horn cysts with abrupt keratinization, embedded in a sclerotic stroma,   point to a Desmoplastic Trichoepithelioma.

Agree!

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Saleem Taibjee

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Yes, desmoplastic trichoepithelioma. The initial levels which I encountered showed unusually prominent keratocysts, obscuring the basaloid cords. Below I show one of the additional levels in which the basaloid element becomes more pronounced. There is also CK20 shown, which highlights numerous Merkel cells, as often seen in DTE.

It was helpful to have a good deep biopsy here, which rules out deeper extension into subcutis. The pitfall in a superficial biopsy is the differential of microcystic adnexal carcinoma which can be a great mimic.

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11559_40.0x level 5.jpg

11559_20.0x CK20 labelled.jpg

 

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