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. 2013 Jan-Feb;58(1):84. doi: 10.4103/0019-5154.105322

An Asymptomatic Papule on Forearm

Vijay Adhe 1, Atul Dongre 1
PMCID: PMC3555387  PMID: 23372226

A 35-year-old male presented with an asymptomatic skin coloured raised lesion on right forearm for past 3 months. The lesion increased gradually in size over 3 months. Patient complained of pain in lesion on trivial trauma.

Cutaneous examination showed single, skin coloured, sessile, soft to firm and smooth surfaced papule of size about 0.5 × 0.5 cm on extensor surface of right forearm [Figure 1]. Tenderness could be elicited on palpation. Rest of the physical examination was normal.

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Skin coloured, sessile papule on extensor aspect of right forearm

An excision biopsy of the lesion was done. Histopathology showed a solid-cystic tumor islands in the dermis without any connection to epidermis [Figure 2]. This tumor mass consisted of two types of cells [Figure 3], dark cells having round nuclei and scant cytoplasm and pale cells with round nuclei and ample cytoplasm [Figure 4]. At places, duct-like structures were seen within the tumor island [Figure 4]. The stroma was vascular and showed eosinophilic hyaline material deposition. No cytologic atypia or mitotic figures were seen.

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Solid-cystic tumor islands in the dermis without any connection to epidermis (H and E, ×25)

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Tumor masses, on higher magnification showing two types of cells (H and E, ×200)

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Dark and pale cells with ducts within the tumor islands (H and E, ×400)

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