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subcutaneous tissue
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subcutaneous tissue

In medicine, loose cellular tissue beneath the skin. Injection into the subcutaneous tissue is a route of administration for some drugs, such as insulin.



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Two skin-biopsy specimens were obtained; they showed necrotizing granulomatous inflammation affecting the entire dermal thickness and subcutis.
DIAGNOSIS Epidermoid inclusion cyst of the scrotum DISCUSSION Epidermoid inclusion cysts are benign tumors that occur after implantation of epidermal tissue into the dermis or subcutis, which may result either from trauma or abnormal embryologic closure of the median raphe and the urethral groove.
Computed tomography (CT) of the neck with intravenous contrast demonstrated a heterogeneously enhancing soft-tissue mass in the subcutis of the left neck (figure 1).
 
 
 
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