title: Transepithelial elimination of benign and malignant tumors.
abstract: Transepithelial elimination is a common physiologic mechanism by which the skin rids itself of externally introduced or endogenously generated waste and foreign material. Although originally observed mostly as a process of elimination of altered connective tissue, transepithelial elimination has recently been described in deep mycoses, bacterial diseases, and nonspecific and foreign-body granulomas. This report describes transepithelial elimination of benign and malignant tumors.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology*; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D012879:Skin Physiological Phenomena