Study of Clinicohistopathological Correlation of Skin Adnexal Tumors
June 2022
in “
IP Indian journal of clinical and experimental dermatology
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Studysummary In this study, among patients with clinically suspected appendageal tumours, histopathology confirmed their presence in 42 cases, with benign types found more frequently than malignant ones. Our plain-language summary of this paper — not a Tressless recommendation.
In a cross-sectional descriptive study conducted over a one-year period, out of 43,586 new patients attending an outpatient department, 64 (0.14%) cases of appendageal tumors were suspected. Of these, 60 underwent histopathological examination, with 42 (70%) cases being confirmed as appendageal tumors. The tumors were categorized into hair follicle tumors, with trichoepithelioma being the most common (18/42, 42.85%), and sweat gland tumors, with chondroid syringoma being the most common (12/42, 28.57%). Females represented a higher percentage of the cases (61.90%) compared to males (38.09%). The study concluded that benign appendageal tumors are more common than malignant ones and that histopathology is the gold standard for diagnosing these tumors.
