A Case of Multiple Yrichilemmal Cysts All Over the body.
- Author:
Hee KANG
1
;
Eui Chang JUNG
;
Ai Young LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, Eulji University, School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. lay5103@eulji.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Multiple trichilemmal cysts
- MeSH:
Adult;
Buttocks;
Humans;
Neck;
Scalp;
Thigh;
Thorax
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
2004;42(12):1591-1593
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A case of multiple trichilemmal cysts (TC) is presented. TC is known to be a kind of keratinous cyst with lining cells showing trichilemmal keratinization. About 90% of TC occur on the scalp. They are multiple in 70%, however, only 10% of the patients have been reported to have more than ten cysts. Therefore multiple TC on any other sites than scalp seem to be rare. A 37-year-old man presented with a twenty year duration of twelve nodular lesions on the back, chest, buttock, thigh, neck and scalp. All lesions were completely excised and microscopically examined, and showed histopathology compatible with TC.
