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Fibroepithelioma of Pinkus

F. Peral Rubio, M.D.Department of DermatologyHospital Universitario Virgen Macarena. Sevilla. Spain.

Fibroepithelioma of Pinkus

A 47-year-old man The patient was referred to us for

the assessment of two lesions on the rigth gluteal and lower back 3 years previously.

Fibroepithelioma of Pinkus

The lesion was excised; histopathological examination revealed narrow inter-anastamosing strands of basaloid cells with variable fibrotic and myxoid stroma in the dermis with peripheral palisading of basal cells and focal clefting between tumor and stroma.

Fibroepithelioma of Pinkus

The fibroepithelioma of Pinkus (FEP) is a well-known, but uncommon, variant of basal cell carcinoma that was first described by Hermann Pinkus in 1953.

The clinical appearances of FEP ranges from a single or multiple, dome-shaped sessile papules to large pedunculated tumors. The color is variable to include shades of pink, yellow, brown, or skin colored.

Treatment options of FEP are similar to those for Basal cell carcinoma.

Fibroepithelioma of Pinkus

F. Peral Rubio, M.D.Department of DermatologyHospital Universitario Virgen Macarena. Sevilla. Spain.