Multiple adnexal tumors and a parotid basal cell adenoma

J Am Acad Dermatol. 1991 Nov;25(5 Pt 2):960-4. doi: 10.1016/0190-9622(91)70294-c.

Abstract

A 72-year-old woman had a preauricular mass and several scalp nodules. Her medical history included excisions of multiple cutaneous tumors, including cylindromas, trichoepitheliomas, basal cell epitheliomas, and a trichilemmoma. The parotid mass and a scalp nodule were excised. On light microscopy, the parotid mass and scalp nodule appeared similar. Ultrastructural features revealed by electron microscopic analysis of the tumors allowed diagnosis of a cylindroma of the scalp and a parotid basal cell adenoma. The association of trichilemmoma and membranous basal cell adenoma of the parotid has not been previously described. The pathogenesis of these multiple cutaneous tumors from a common cell of origin is considered.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenoma / pathology*
  • Aged
  • Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Microscopy, Electron
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / pathology*
  • Parotid Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Scalp / pathology
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology*