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The cutaneous pathology of Cowden's disease: new findings
Author(s) -
Starink T. M.,
Meijer C. J. L. M.,
Brownstein M. H.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of cutaneous pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1600-0560
pISSN - 0303-6987
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1985.tb01607.x
Subject(s) - pathology , medicine , cowden syndrome , dermatopathology , disease , anatomical pathology , molecular pathology , dermatology , immunohistochemistry , biology , pten , apoptosis , biochemistry , pi3k/akt/mtor pathway , gene
Histological, histochemical and immunohistochemical findings were studied in 40 cutaneous biopsies from 7 patients with Cowden's disease. Most facial biopsies showed a spectrum of trichilemmomas and related follicular malformations, including cylindrical trichilemmomas, lobulate trichilemmomas (14 lesions), and a keratinizing type sharing features with inverted follicular keratosis. One facial growth showed trichilemmomal changes without apparent follicular origin. Studies for common papilloma virus structural antigens were negative, apart from a typical common wart in one patient. Immunohistochemical studies in 6 facial trichilemmomas and acral keratoses, using a panel of anti‐keratin antibodies, disclosed only abnormal differentiation with lack of large keratins in the lobulate trichilemmomas. Nine biopsies revealed a distinctive type of fibroma characterized by an organized pattern of interwoven fascicles of collagen bundles with a laminated or tortuous appearance, embedded in abundant mucin. A number of fibromas showed striking hyalinizalion; these may represent a second microscopic hallmark of Cowden's disease in addition to facial trichilemmomas.