Posted on June 12th, 2009 in Oral Pathology
It is a common low grade malignancy that origanates in the pilo sebaseous glands.
It resembles Squamous cell carcinoma, and considered a varient of invasive squamous cell carcinoma.
Synonyms:
Self healing carcinoma
Molluscum pseudocarcinomatosum
Molluscum sabecum
Verrucoma
Differential diagnosis:
Actin keratosis
Molluscum contagiosum
Muir-Torre Syndrome
Squamous cell carcinoma
Verrucous
Etiology:
Exposure to sunlight
Exposure to Pitch, tar.
Trauma
Human Papilloma Virus
Genetic factors
Immunocompramised status
Clinical Features:
Age: All ages are equally affected.
Sex: M>F
Race: White>Black
Common sites on [...]
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