A Case of Pilar Sheath Acanthomas on the Both Cheeks.
- Author:
Jin Woong LEE
1
;
Hye In LEE
;
Beomjoon KIM
;
Myeung Nam KIM
;
Kye Yong SONG
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. mnkim@cau.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Both cheeks;
Pilar sheath acanthomas
- MeSH:
Acanthoma;
Aged;
Cheek;
Follicular Cyst;
Hamartoma;
Humans;
Middle Aged;
Neoplasms, Basal Cell;
Skin;
Skin Neoplasms
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
2009;47(9):1077-1079
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Pilar sheath acanthoma is a rare, benign follicular hamartoma that commonly affects middle aged and elderly patients. Clinically, solitary, asymptomatic, skin-colored nodules with a central pore-like opening are seen for more than one year. As a consequence of the histology, pilar sheath acanthoma should be differentiated from trichofolliculoma and dilated pore of Winer. We report here on a case of pilar sheath acanthomas that presented as asymptomatic solitary skin colored nodules on both cheeks.
