Department of Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

April 2005, Case 504-2. Quiz set! Click here to see.

A 38 year-old woman with a subcutaneous mass in her thigh.

Clinical information The patient presented with a 3.0 x 3.0 x 1.5 cm subcutaneous mass in the lateral thigh. The mass was excised under the clinical impression of a sebaceous cyst. Macroscopically, the excised specimen is not covered with skin. The following photos are representative photomicrographs of the mass.

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