Multiple adnexal tumors and a parotid basal cell adenoma.
A 72-year-old woman had a preauricular mass and several scalp nodules. Her medical history included excisions of multiple cutaneous tumors, including cylindromas, trichoepitheliomas, basal cell epitheliomas, and a trichilemmoma. The parotid mass and a scalp nodule were excised. On light microscopy, the parotid mass and scalp nodule appeared similar. Ultrastructural features revealed by electron microscopic analysis of the tumors allowed diagnosis of a cylindroma of the scalp and a parotid basal cell adenoma. The association of trichilemmoma and membranous basal cell adenoma of the parotid has not been previously described. The pathogenesis of these multiple cutaneous tumors from a common cell of origin is considered.
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Dermatology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, IL.
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D000236:Adenoma / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology*; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D012535:Scalp / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*