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There is a wide variety of benign tumors and tumor-like lesions that can involve the skin and subcutaneous tissues in the head and neck regions. This chapter reviews the characteristic clinicopathological and imaging findings of benign keratinocytic and adnexal lesions, benign lipomatous tumors, and benign and “borderline” fibrous tumors and proliferations.
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Ginat, D.T., Cipriani, N.A., Eassa, J., Petronic-Rosic, V. (2019). Benign Cysts, Tumors, and Tumor-Like Non-vascular Lesions of the Skin and Subcutaneous Tissues. In: Ginat, D. (eds) Neuroradiological Imaging of Skin Diseases and Related Conditions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90931-8_5
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