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Nevoid follicular mucinosis: a new type of hair follicle nevus
- Source :
- Journal of Cutaneous Pathology. 40:844-847
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2013.
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Abstract
- Follicular mucinosis represents a term for a histopathologic reaction pattern in follicular epithelium. It is a characteristic of alopecia mucinosa. However, it may also occur in a variety of unrelated conditions. Epidermal nevi are considered to be hamartomatous disorders and they can show a predominant component of non-organoid (keratinocytes) and/or organoid nevi. All the cases of epidermal nevi described with mucin deposits until now are reported as mucinous nevus or mucinous eccrine nevus; in the first type of disorder, diffuse mucin deposition is only seen in the papillary dermis, and in the second type, the mucin is found around the proliferation of eccrine structures. We believe this is the first reported case of epidermal nevus along Blaschko's lines exhibiting typical microscopic findings of mucinosis exclusively distributed inside the follicular epithelia.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Pathology
Histology
integumentary system
Papillary dermis
Mucin
Dermatology
Biology
medicine.disease
Mucinosis
Epithelium
Pathology and Forensic Medicine
medicine.anatomical_structure
Hair follicle nevus
Follicular phase
medicine
skin and connective tissue diseases
Alopecia mucinosa
Eccrine nevus
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 03036987
- Volume :
- 40
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Cutaneous Pathology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........b380c7475a538aa2cf0c67b6f6d7ed31