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Sebaceous Epithelioma

Sebaceous Epithelioma Abstract There is no mention of sebaceous epithelioma as an entity in the American dermatological clinical textbooks. Lever includes it in his book ``Histopathology of the Skin"1 and discusses it in the only article on this subject in the American dermatological literature.2 Sebaceous epithelioma has been reported several times in the European literature.* It seems worth while to report two cases † and review the histologic appearance of this tumor. REPORT OF CASES Case 1.—A. G., a white girl 15 years old, presented a 0.7 cm. by 0.5 cm. nodule between the eyebrows. It was hard, smooth, and pink, with a few dilated capillaries over the surface. It had appeared three years previously. The patient stated that the tumor had not recently enlarged or shown signs of regression. The clinical impression was keloid. Microscopically there were many irregularly shaped cell masses scattered throughout References 1. References 3 to 8. 2. Drs. Lloyd W. Ketron and Leon Ginsburg gave permission for the report of these cases. 3. References 2 to 8. 4. References 1 and 9 to 11. 5. Lever, W. F.: Histopathology of the Skin , Ed. 2, Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1954. 6. Lever, W. F.: Pathogenesis of Benign Tumors of Cutaneous Appendages and of Basal Cell Epithelioma , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 57:679, 1948. 7. Ménétrier, P., and Durand, A.: Epithélioma sébacé , Bull. et mém. Soc. anat. Paris 90:441, 1920. 8. Ménétrier, P., and Isch-Wall, P.: Epithélioma sébacé , Bull. Assoc. franç. étude cancer 11: 144, 1922. 9. Milan, Perin L., and Brunel: Epithélioma sébacé , Bull. Soc. franç. dermat. et syph. 40:553, 1933. 10. Biberstein, H.: Talgdrüsennaevus und Epitheliom , Arch. Dermat. u. Syph. 147:177, 1924. 11. Grynfeltt, E.: Un cas d'épithélioma basosébacé , Bull. Assoc. franç. étude cancer 13:474, 1924. 12. Savatard, L.: Naevus Sebaceus and Sebaceous Carcinoma , Brit. J. Dermat. 53:214, 1941. 13. Loos, H. O.: Die Carcinoma der Anhangsgebilde der Haut , Arch. Dermat. u. Syph. 174:465, 1936. 14. Warren, S., and Warvi, W. N.: Tumors of Sebaceous Glands , Am. J. Path. 19:441, 1943. 15. Beach, A., and Severance, A. O.: Sebaceous Gland Carcinoma , Ann. Surg. 115:258, 1942. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png A.M.A. Archives of Dermatology American Medical Association

Sebaceous Epithelioma

McMULLAN, FRANCIS H.
A.M.A. Archives of Dermatology , Volume 71 (6) – Jun 1, 1955
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Abstract There is no mention of sebaceous epithelioma as an entity in the American dermatological clinical textbooks. Lever includes it in his book ``Histopathology of the Skin"1 and discusses it in the only article on this subject in the American dermatological literature.2 Sebaceous epithelioma has been reported several times in the European literature.* It seems worth while to report two cases † and review the histologic appearance of this tumor. REPORT OF CASES Case 1.—A. G., a white girl 15 years old, presented a 0.7 cm. by 0.5 cm. nodule between the eyebrows. It was hard, smooth, and pink, with a few dilated capillaries over the surface. It had appeared three years previously. The patient stated that the tumor had not recently enlarged or shown signs of regression. The clinical impression was keloid. Microscopically there were many irregularly shaped cell masses scattered throughout References 1. References 3 to 8. 2. Drs. Lloyd W. Ketron and Leon Ginsburg gave permission for the report of these cases. 3. References 2 to 8. 4. References 1 and 9 to 11. 5. Lever, W. F.: Histopathology of the Skin , Ed. 2, Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1954. 6. Lever, W. F.: Pathogenesis of Benign Tumors of Cutaneous Appendages and of Basal Cell Epithelioma , Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 57:679, 1948. 7. Ménétrier, P., and Durand, A.: Epithélioma sébacé , Bull. et mém. Soc. anat. Paris 90:441, 1920. 8. Ménétrier, P., and Isch-Wall, P.: Epithélioma sébacé , Bull. Assoc. franç. étude cancer 11: 144, 1922. 9. Milan, Perin L., and Brunel: Epithélioma sébacé , Bull. Soc. franç. dermat. et syph. 40:553, 1933. 10. Biberstein, H.: Talgdrüsennaevus und Epitheliom , Arch. Dermat. u. Syph. 147:177, 1924. 11. Grynfeltt, E.: Un cas d'épithélioma basosébacé , Bull. Assoc. franç. étude cancer 13:474, 1924. 12. Savatard, L.: Naevus Sebaceus and Sebaceous Carcinoma , Brit. J. Dermat. 53:214, 1941. 13. Loos, H. O.: Die Carcinoma der Anhangsgebilde der Haut , Arch. Dermat. u. Syph. 174:465, 1936. 14. Warren, S., and Warvi, W. N.: Tumors of Sebaceous Glands , Am. J. Path. 19:441, 1943. 15. Beach, A., and Severance, A. O.: Sebaceous Gland Carcinoma , Ann. Surg. 115:258, 1942.

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