Multiple Trichoepithelioma Occurring in a Son and his Mother.
- Author:
Jin Gwon KIM
;
Kyung Sool KWON
;
Tae Ahn CHUNG
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Trichoepithelioma;
Multiple;
Heredity
- MeSH:
Adenoids;
Animals;
Basophils;
Biopsy;
Giant Cells, Foreign-Body;
Heredity;
Horns;
Humans;
Islands;
Mothers*;
Nasolabial Fold;
Skin;
Young Adult
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1986;24(3):416-419
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A 23-year-old man had multiple small, skin-colored firm papules on the both sides of the nasolabial folds since the age of approximately 17. His mother had a similar skin lesions on her face. The histopathological findings of skin biopsy specimens from patient(son) showed horn cysts consist of a fully keratinized center surrounded by basophilic cells and tumor islands composed of basophilic cells arranged in a lacelike or adenoid network and occasional solid aggregates and there are also a foreign body giant cell reaction in the vicinity of the ruptured horn cysts.
