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From: Do not break a sweat: avoiding pitfalls in the diagnosis of sweat gland tumors

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Cribriform carcinoma. The tumor is characterized by a nodular and relatively circumscribed but unencapsulated architecture within dermis (a). It is composed of anastomosing solid nests of basaloid tumor cells with duct differentiation (b). In areas, florid duct formation gives rise to a cribriform growth pattern (c). The tumor shows and intervening desmoplastic stroma and small tumor nests break off from the main tumor nodule in the periphery (d). A micropapillary growth is a focal finding (e)

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