The Cutaneous Ciliated Cyst in Young Male: The Possibility of Ciliated Cutaneous Eccrine Cyst

Figure 3

The cyst is covered by ciliated columnar epithelium with mucin vacuoles under low-power magnification (40x). (a) Mucin vacuoles are observed with ciliated columnar epithelium (dark blue arrows); hematoxylin and eosin (400x). (b) The inset shows cilia on both the top portion (blue arrow) and the lateral borders (red arrow) of the columnar cells (400x). (c) Squamous metaplasia (400x).