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Cutaneous lung tissue heterotopia
Author(s) -
Gad Singer,
EM Haag,
M Anabitarte
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
histopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.626
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1365-2559
pISSN - 0309-0167
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2559.1998.00337.x
Subject(s) - heterotopia (medicine) , pathology , lung , medicine
Aims: We describe the clinical and pathological findings of a previously unreported cutaneous lung tissue heterotopia in a child. Case details: The 3‐year‐old female patient developed a 8‐mm secreting papule over her left scapula. Pathological examination revealed a lesion composed of bronchioles and alveoli within the subcutis and the dermis, with bronchiolar connection to the epidermis. Alveolar type II cells indicating full pulmonary differentiation were detected with a monoclonal antibody (AMH 152). Conclusions: The described features suggest that this lesion is a unique variant of rarely observed bronchus‐like entities of the skin, designated as cutaneous bronchogenic cysts or cutaneous branchial cleft cysts.