Malignant cutaneous tumors of the scalp: a study of demographic characteristics and histologic distributions of 398 Taiwanese patients.

Background: The scalp is a unique anatomic region, in which pilosebaceous follicles are concentrated.

Objective: We sought to investigate demographic characteristics and histologic distributions of malignant scalp tumors.

Methods: Primary and metastatic scalp malignancies diagnosed histopathologically between 1983 and 2003 were reviewed.