The materials for this study included only the histopathologically diagnosed tumours and cysts of the epidermis, dermal adnexal tumours and cutaneous secondaries. The other tumours and cysts of the genitalia, tumours of the mucous membranes were excluded. The formalin fixed paraffin embedded skin biopsy tissue sections stained with Hematoxylin and eosin slides were retrieved and studied and their patterns were analysed to distinguish each entity. We had totally 160 cases in this study and the tumours were categorized based on the classification of Lever's textbook. Ethical clearance for this study was approved by the institutional ethical committee. The results were expressed in percentage by using a software Statistical Package for Social Science(SPSS) ,version 16.0. Result The retrospective study of medical records showed that 160 cases of epidermal tumours , dermal adnexal tumours and cystic lesions. Out of these 160 cases, Males were 82cases(51.3%)&Females were 78 cases (48.8%).The male-female ratio was 1.05:1. Cystic lesions formed the major comoponent of our study consisting of 98
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