CUTANEOUS NERVES IN RELATION TO EPITHELIAL TUMORS

[摘要] A histopathologic study was made of the relationship between cutaneous nerves and various benign and malignant epithelial tumors. The skin containing the lesions was obtained during surgical extirpation of various tumors. This work disclosed no specific relationship between epidermal tumors and cutan eous nerves. The relationship between nerves and the benign or malig nant tumor appears to be determined by the pattern of growth of the tumor, its degree of anaplasia and the density of nerve structures normally found in the region. The remarkable indifference of nerve fibers to tumor invasion accounts for the fact that they usually are the last dermal structure to be destroyed.