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Dermatopathology

Case 2 - Hidradenoma with Mucinous Differentiation

David Cassarino
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA





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Clinical History
A 54 year-old female presented with a several-year history of a lesion on her buttock. Clinical examination showed a 2 cm, firm, bluish nodule on the left buttock. The clinical impression was pilomatricoma versus other adnexal neoplasm.


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Case 2 - Figure 1
Large, dermal-based nodulo-cystic tumor, 2X

Case 2 - Figure 2
Bland, adnexal-type cells with occasional ductal lumina formation

Case 2 - Figure 3
Bland, adnexal-type cells with occasional ductal lumina formation

Case 2 - Figure 4
Higher power examination revealed areas of mucinous differentiation, 40X

Case 2 - Figure 5
High power of mucinous cells with Goblet-like features, 80X