[Keratoacanthoma: two cases with intravascular spread].

Ann Pathol

Service d'Anatomie et de Cytologie Pathologiques, CHR d'Orléans, Hôpital de la Source, BP 6709, 45067 Orléans 2.

Published: October 2003

We report two patients with keratoacanthoma, simple in one and multiple in the other, displaying typical histological features except for intravascular spread. Although this spread points to malignancy, it did not allow to rule out the diagnosis of keratoacanthoma. These aggressive histological features, as well as perineural invasion, are not linked to malignant clinical course, according to the literature. Intravascular spread suggests that keratoancanthoma could be considered as a peculiar form of well differentiated squamous cell carcinoma. Comparison between clinical and pathological observations should lead to more specific diagnosis.

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