PMC4124687_01
Skin colored, lobulated mass over the tip and dorsum of nose
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F1
On local examination, the mass was lobulated, skin colored, shiny, firm, nontender, involving the tip, and dorsum of the nose [Figure 1].
(a) Clusters of anucleate squames admixed with sebaceous cells (Giemsa, x100). (b) Loose cluster of sebaceous cells (Giemsa, x400). (c) Unremarkable epidermis along with dermis showing lobules of hair follicle structure (H and E, x100). (d) Hair follicles showing varying degree of maturation (H and E, x400)
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F2
The possibility of a benign skin adnexal lesion was suggested [Figure 2a and b]. Histopathological examination revealed unremarkable epidermis and dermis showed strands of stratified squamous epithelium containing fragments of hair shafts along with many variables sized hair follicles exhibiting varying degree of maturation [Figure 2c and d].