Pilar sheath acanthoma: report of a case with review of the literature.
10.3349/ymj.1989.30.4.392
- Author:
Young Sik CHOI
1
;
Sung Hyun PARK
;
Dongsik BANG
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report ; Review
- Keywords:
Pilar sheath acanthoma
- MeSH:
Case Report;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Facial Neoplasms/*pathology;
Human;
Male;
Middle Age;
Papilloma/*pathology
- From:Yonsei Medical Journal
1989;30(4):392-395
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
A 52-year-old male presented with a solitary asymptomatic, skin-colored nodule with a central pore on the skin of the left cheek of one year duration. An excisional biopsy was performed. The skin biopsy finding showed the typical histological picture of pilar sheath acanthoma. A description of the lesion and a review of the literature are given.
