Dermoscopic Features of Heterotopic Salivary Gland Tissue in the Neck: Report of a Case
Introduction: Heterotopic salivary gland tissue (HSGT) is diagnosed when salivary gland tissue is found in areas other than the major or minor salivary glands. No dermoscopic findings of HSGT have been reported. Case Presentation: This case report gives the dermoscopic findings of a 45-year-old woma...
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| description | Introduction: Heterotopic salivary gland tissue (HSGT) is diagnosed when salivary gland tissue is found in areas other than the major or minor salivary glands. No dermoscopic findings of HSGT have been reported. Case Presentation: This case report gives the dermoscopic findings of a 45-year-old woman with HSGT who presented with a longstanding pale red macule on her neck, characterized by repeated clear fluid discharge. Dermoscopic examination showed a red dot with a pale pink halo and telangiectasia throughout the lesion. An excisional biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of HSGT, revealing the presence of mucous and serous salivary glandular structures within subcutaneous fat tissue. It has been reported that HSGT is associated with periductal lymphocytic infiltration, which was also observed in this case. Conclusion: We think that the “red dot with a pale pink halo” is a unique dermoscopic finding of HSGT, which is rarely observed in branchial anomalies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4dfdae893f674df387843bb75f78ea512024-02-08T06:39:37ZengKarger PublishersCase Reports in Dermatology1662-65672024-01-01161172010.1159/000535740535740Dermoscopic Features of Heterotopic Salivary Gland Tissue in the Neck: Report of a CaseShinichiro Inoue0Takuya Maeda1Yuri Nagata2Teruki Yanagi3Hideyuki Ujiie4Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, JapanDepartment of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, JapanDepartment of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, JapanDepartment of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, JapanDepartment of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, JapanIntroduction: Heterotopic salivary gland tissue (HSGT) is diagnosed when salivary gland tissue is found in areas other than the major or minor salivary glands. No dermoscopic findings of HSGT have been reported. Case Presentation: This case report gives the dermoscopic findings of a 45-year-old woman with HSGT who presented with a longstanding pale red macule on her neck, characterized by repeated clear fluid discharge. Dermoscopic examination showed a red dot with a pale pink halo and telangiectasia throughout the lesion. An excisional biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of HSGT, revealing the presence of mucous and serous salivary glandular structures within subcutaneous fat tissue. It has been reported that HSGT is associated with periductal lymphocytic infiltration, which was also observed in this case. Conclusion: We think that the “red dot with a pale pink halo” is a unique dermoscopic finding of HSGT, which is rarely observed in branchial anomalies.https://beta.karger.com/Article/FullText/535740ectopic salivary gland tissueheterotopic salivary gland tissuedermoscopypathologyrare disease |
| spellingShingle | Shinichiro Inoue Takuya Maeda Yuri Nagata Teruki Yanagi Hideyuki Ujiie Dermoscopic Features of Heterotopic Salivary Gland Tissue in the Neck: Report of a Case Case Reports in Dermatology ectopic salivary gland tissue heterotopic salivary gland tissue dermoscopy pathology rare disease |
| title | Dermoscopic Features of Heterotopic Salivary Gland Tissue in the Neck: Report of a Case |
| title_full | Dermoscopic Features of Heterotopic Salivary Gland Tissue in the Neck: Report of a Case |
| title_fullStr | Dermoscopic Features of Heterotopic Salivary Gland Tissue in the Neck: Report of a Case |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dermoscopic Features of Heterotopic Salivary Gland Tissue in the Neck: Report of a Case |
| title_short | Dermoscopic Features of Heterotopic Salivary Gland Tissue in the Neck: Report of a Case |
| title_sort | dermoscopic features of heterotopic salivary gland tissue in the neck report of a case |
| topic | ectopic salivary gland tissue heterotopic salivary gland tissue dermoscopy pathology rare disease |
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