A challenging case of pigmented Bowen's disease and differential diagnosis of pagetoid pigmented skin lesions

V Caputo; E Caselli; M Ribotta; E Bonoldi

doi:10.32074/1591-951X-21-19

A challenging case of pigmented Bowen's disease and differential diagnosis of pagetoid pigmented skin lesions

Pathologica. 2019 Sep;111(3):98-104. doi: 10.32074/1591-951X-21-19.

Authors

V Caputo¹, E Caselli², M Ribotta³, E Bonoldi¹

Affiliations

¹ UOC Anatomia Patologica, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milano.
² UOC Anatomia Patologica, ASST Fatebenefratelli-Sacco, Milano.
³ UOC Anatomia Patologica, ASO OIRM Sant'Anna, Torino.

No abstract available

Keywords: Bowen’s disease; In situ squamous cell carcinoma; Pagetoid; Pigmented.

Plain language summary

Differentiation of pagetoid cutaneous neoplasms can be very challenging on hematoxylin and eosin-stained sections.

We report a singular case of pigmented pagetoid Bowen’s disease showing transitional features between extramammary Paget’s disease and in situ squamous cell carcinoma.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adenocarcinoma in Situ / diagnosis*
Adenocarcinoma in Situ / pathology
Aged
Bowen's Disease / diagnosis*
Bowen's Disease / pathology
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Skin Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Skin Neoplasms / pathology