Profile of Skin Biopsies and Skin Cancer Subtypes in Hail Region, A Three Years Retrospective Study

Alshammari, Fouad Taiwilaa; Alghaythi, Saleh Muflih; Alharbi, Mohammed Abdulrazaq; Alshammrie, Fawwaz

doi:10.12816/0042981

Profile of Skin Biopsies and Skin Cancer Subtypes in Hail Region, A Three Years Retrospective Study

Document Type : Original Article

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University of Hail

10.12816/0042981

Abstract

Objectives: to analyze the spectrum of skin lesions at our institute, and study the age, sex and anatomic distribution pattern. We will also classify the lesions into major categories and determine the incidence of each subcategory.
Materials and Methods: we carried a three and half year’s retrospective studyofskin biopsies which were collected from King Khalid Hospital recording system in Hail region in a time period from January 2014 till April 2017.Results: The highest percentage was in the age group 30-39 year (25.1%) with a male preponderance of 52.8%. The head, neck and face were most frequently involved body parts (46.06%). Cysts were the most common (32.3%) which included the sub-types epidermoid cyst, ganglion, dermoid cyst, pilar cyst and brachial cleft cyst. Nevi (19.4%) including intradermal nevus, congenital nevus and blue nevus were the second most common skin lesion. Correlation with the histopathologic diagnosis was positive in 94.9% cases and negative in 5.1% cases.

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