Intra Epidermal Epithelioma - Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

Intra Epidermal Epithelioma is rare, slowly growing tumor in the epidennis. Symptoms may include itching, weakness, malaise, fever, and weight loss. Chills are prominent. Redness and scaling may be generalized and sometimes include loss of hair and nails. Generalized lymphadenopathy may be due to lymphoma or leukemia or may be part of the clinical picture of the skin disease (dermatopathic lymphadenitis). The mucosa is spared. Tumor cells grow sidewards and upwards remaining within the epidennis for years; the tumor may later develop into a basal or squamous cell epithelioma. Hence it is usually considered as a precancerous dermatosis.