CYTOPATHOLOGYOFSKINANDSUBCUTANEOUS.doc

CYTOPATHOLOGY OF SKIN AND SUBCUTANEOUS MASSES CL Davis Drs Thrall and Meuten Skin and subcutaneous lumps are either inflammatory or neoplastic, it is very rare to have hyperplastic lesions that could be diagnosed cytologically. A common skin mass is a sebaceous adenoma and sometimes these are considered to be hyperplastic lesions on histopathology, but the distinction is unimportant because both lesions are benign. Therefore, the real issue is to decide between inflammation and neoplasia, and in most cases this will be straightforward. Inflammatory lesions are composed of numerous inflam