Open AccessThe cytology of giant solitary trichoepithelioma
Author(s) -
Jayashree Krishnamurthy,
KN Divya
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of cytology/journal of cytology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.267
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-5165
pISSN - 0970-9371
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9371.71874
Subject(s) - trichoepithelioma , medicine , pathology , cytology , lesion , basal cell carcinoma , fine needle aspiration cytology , giant cell , basal cell
Giant solitary trichoepithelioma (GST) is a rare trichogenic tumor, which may present as a pigmented lesion. An 80-year-old man was diagnosed to have giant solitary trichoepithelioma on fine-needle aspiration cytology. The cytological findings represented the histological features. The recognition of GST is important because of its close resemblance to basal cell carcinoma and other skin adnexal tumors - clinically, cytologically and histologically.