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Immunohistology and Molecular Studies of Follicular Tumors

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Follicular neoplasms are epithelial tumors with differentiation toward the hair follicle. These tumors include hamartomas, benign and malignant neoplasms, and hyperplasias. Making the specific diagnosis is of importance clinically as some of the lesions are cutaneous signs of underlying hereditary tumor syndromes (Birt–Hogg–Dube syndrome, Cowden’s disease). In this chapter, we focus on the utility of immunohistochemistry sorting out the challenging differential diagnosis often encountered in dermatopathology.

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Sokumbi, O., Plaza, J.A. (2016). Immunohistology and Molecular Studies of Follicular Tumors. In: Plaza, J., Prieto, V. (eds) Applied Immunohistochemistry in the Evaluation of Skin Neoplasms. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30590-5_3

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