Clinical and histological data from 8 trichilemmal carcinomas are reviewed. The tumors occurred mainly on sun-exposed skin of the face of elderly people as small solitary, frequently ulcerated nodules. Histologically, they consisted of multilobulate, infiltrative growths, connected to the epidermis and pilosebaceous structures and showing features reminiscent of the outer root sheath of the hair follicle. The presence of lobules of clear, glycogen-rich cells with peripheral palisading, hyaline basement membranes, trichilemmal keratinization, and abortive follicular sheaths and the absence of ductal or acinar differentiation allow distinction from other clear cell tumors of the skin. Although the histological picture suggests a high-grade malignant neoplasm, trichilemmal carcinoma has an indolent course. No recurrence or metastases have been observed.
Benign follicular tumors comprise a large and heterogeneous group of neoplasms that
share a common histogenesis and display morphological features resembling one or
several portions of the normal hair follicle, or recapitulate part of its
embryological development. Most cases present it as clinically nondescript single
lesions and essentially of dermatological relevance. Occasionally, however, these
lesions be multiple and represent a cutaneous marker of complex syndromes associated
with an increased risk of visceral neoplasms. In this article, the authors present
the microscopic structure of the normal hair follicle as a basis to understand the
type and level of differentiation of the various follicular tumors. The main
clinicopathological features and differential diagnosis of benign follicular tumors
are then discussed, including dilated pore of Winer, pilar sheath acanthoma,
trichoadenoma, trichilemmoma, infundibuloma, proliferating trichilemmal cyst/tumor,
trichoblastoma and its variants, pilomatricoma, trichodiscoma/fibrofolliculoma,
neurofollicular hamartoma and trichofolliculoma. In addition, the main syndromes
presenting with multiple follicular tumors are also discussed, namely Cowden,
Birt-Hogg-Dubé, Rombo and Bazex-Dupré-Christol syndromes, as well as multiple tumors
of follicular infundibulum (infundibulomatosis) and multiple trichoepitheliomas.
Although the diagnosis of follicular tumors relies on histological examination, we
highlight the importance of their knowledge for the clinician, especially when in
presence of patients with multiple lesions that may be the cutaneous marker of a
cancer-prone syndrome. The dermatologist is therefore in a privileged position to
recognize these lesions, which is extremely important to provide further propedeutic,
appropriate referral and genetic counseling for these patients.
Although typical naked sarcoid granulomas are the most common features of cutaneous sarcoidosis, the dermatopathologist must be aware of possible atypical findings, which are more common than previously expected, because of the differential diagnosis with other causes of cutaneous granulomas, namely infectious diseases.
BACKGROUND: Non-melanoma skin cancer, a common designation for both basal cell carcinomas and squamous cell carcinomas, is the most frequent malignant skin neoplasm. OBJECTIVE: Epidemiologic characterization of the population with Non-melanoma skin cancer. METHODS: Retrospective analysis of all patients diagnosed with Non-melanoma skin cancer based on histopathologic analysis of all incisional or excisional skin biopsies performed between 2004 and 2008 in a Department of Dermatology. RESULTS: A total of 3075 Non-melanoma skin cancers were identified, representing 88% of all malignant skin neoplasms (n=3493) diagnosed in the same period. Of those, 68,3% were basal cell carcinomas. Most Non-melanoma skin cancer patients were female and over 60 years old. Of all Non-melanoma skin cancer, 81,7% (n=1443) were located in sun-exposed skin, and represented 95,1% of malignant skin neoplasms in sun-exposed skin. Non-melanoma skin cancer was the most frequent malignant skin neoplasm in most topographic locations, except for abdomen and pelvis - over 95% of all malignant skin neoplasms in the face, neck and scalp were Non-melanoma skin cancer. Basal cell carcinomas were clearly predominant in all locations, except in upper and lower limbs, lower lip and genitals, where squamous cell carcinomas represented respectively 77,7%, 77,4%, 94,7% and 95,3% of the Non-melanoma skin cancers. CONCLUSION: Being the most common skin cancer, Non-melanoma skin cancer should be under constant surveillance, in order to monitor its epidemiologic dynamics, the efficiency of preventive measures and the adaptation of the healthcare resources.
This article analyses the crisis of Portuguese capitalism within the wider crisis of the Eurozone. Portugal's prolonged economic stagnation, associated with an increasingly dependent and fragile insertion in the Eurozone, can now be seen as an early manifestation of the asymmetries and fractures between the Eurozone's core and its periphery that are now wider and more visible. By focusing on the manifestations of ‘embedded neoliberalism’ in a country of the periphery, the article sheds light on how neoliberal restructuring has made the economic structure increasingly incompatible with the social developments that had previously helped to guarantee its legitimacy. The troika's structural adjustment reveals that this incompatibility is now fully assumed and that, in the absence of social resistance, the brunt of adjustment will be felt by the majority of workers.
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