A Case of Hair Follicle Nevus.
- Author:
Doo Hwan KIM
;
Eun Jung CHYUNG
;
See Yong PARK
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Hair follicle nevus;
Mature hair follicle
- MeSH:
Adult;
Cheek;
Female;
Hair Follicle*;
Hair*;
Humans;
Nevus*;
Polyarteritis Nodosa;
Skin
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1985;23(5):711-713
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We report one case of hair follicle nevus, benign highly differentiating appendageal skin tumor of hair follicle. It arises from pluripotential cells that have formed during life. This patient is a 40-year-old woman who had a localized brownish plaque on the leht cheek for three years. Histologic study revealed many small but mostly mature hair follicles consistent with hair follicle nevus.A Case of Cutaneous Periarteritis Nodosa