Skin nonmelanocytic tumor
Adnexal tumors
Sebaceous glands
Sebaceous hyperplasia
Author: Christopher S. Hale, M.D.
Last author update: 1 June 2012
Last staff update: 23 October 2024 (update in progress)
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Definition / general | Gross description | Microscopic (histologic) description | Microscopic (histologic) images | Differential diagnosisCite this page: Hale CS. Sebaceous hyperplasia. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/skintumornonmelanocyticsenilesebaceoushyperplasia.html. Accessed December 16th, 2024.
Definition / general
- Most common sebaceous gland lesion
- Usually elderly patients on nose or cheeks
Gross description
- Umbilicated yellowish papules
Microscopic (histologic) description
- Expansion of normal lobular sebaceous gland architecture without thickening of peripheral germinative layer of seboblasts
Microscopic (histologic) images
Contributed by Angel Fernandez-Flores, M.D., Ph.D.
Sebaceous hyperplasia
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Sebaceous hyperplasia
Differential diagnosis
- Other disorders with sebaceous differentiation
- Sebaceous adenoma
