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Atypical primary carcinoid tumour of the skin
Author(s) -
EloyGarcia Carrasco Carmen,
Benguigui Benadiva Jacob,
Martinez Garcia Silvestre,
Sanz Trelles Andres,
Palacios Sebastian
Publication year - 2006
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.1600-0560.2006.00502.x
Subject(s) - medicine , carcinoid tumour , mitotic index , scalp , pathology , carcinoid syndrome , dermatology , mitosis , biology , microbiology and biotechnology
We present a new case of a primary carcinoid tumour of the skin. The mitotic index (4/10 HPF) warrants classification of this case as atypical. The patient was a 58‐year‐old woman with a 1‐year history of a mass on the scalp. Literature review showed this to be only the seventh case of primary carcinoid tumour of the skin. Importantly, the evolution has been favourable in all seven tumours, with a mean follow‐up of 2.5 years for the previous six cases. Although the number of cases is too small to draw definitive conclusions, information to date suggests that this type of tumour can be expected to have a benign behaviour, despite the presence in some cases of criteria suggestive of uncertainty, such as the presence of mitosis.