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Definition / general | Case reports | Microscopic (histologic) description | Differential diagnosisCite this page: DePond WD. Squamous epithelium. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/lymphnodessquamousepithelium.html. Accessed January 25th, 2021.
Definition / general
- Also called lymphoepithelial cyst
- Most common in upper cervical nodes
- Depending on location, may be a branchial pouch derivative or derive from metaplastic calyceal urothelium (Hum Pathol 1990;21:1239)
Case reports
- 48 year old woman with axillary intranodal cysts associated with breast malignancy(Arch Pathol Lab Med 2004;128:361)
- 33 and 64 year old women with benign heterotopic epithelial inclusions in axillary lymph nodes (Arch Pathol Lab Med 2003;127:e25)
- 57 and 75 year old women with cystic lymphoepithelial lesions of peripancreatic nodes (Surg Today 1999;29:467)
- Epithelial inclusion in axillary lymph node associated with a breast carcinoma (Pathol Res Pract 1999;195:263)
Microscopic (histologic) description
- Small cystic structures lined by well differentiated squamous epithelium
Differential diagnosis
- Metastatic well differentiated squamous cell carcinoma: often undergoes cystic change
