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Poroma  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A benign adnexal neoplasm derived from cells of the terminal duct of eccrine or apocrine SWEAT GLAND lineage. They typically manifest as solitary papules and occur only in the skin but unlike in ACROSPIROMA involves the epidermis. Benign adnexal neoplasm whose glandular secretion includes the release of part of the secreting cell. Benign adnexal neoplasm whose glandular secretion does not release part of the secreting cell. The malignant counterpart of an eccrine poroma is called an ECCRINE POROCARCINOMA.

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Synonym(s)

  • Poromatosis

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-ZR9S2G59-9

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