A Case of Multiple Trichilemmal Cysts.
10.5021/ad.1997.9.3.228
- Author:
Hae Shin CHUNG
;
Nam Ho LEE
;
Eung Ho CHOI
;
Won Soo LEE
;
Sung Ku AHN
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Trichilemmal cyst
- MeSH:
Female;
Humans;
Middle Aged;
Scalp
- From:Annals of Dermatology
1997;9(3):228-230
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
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 keratiniration. A 63-year-old female patient presented with a 30 year duration of increasing in size and number of twenty five nodular lesions on the scalp. All twenty five TC on the scalp were totally excised and examined microscopically. However, the evidence of proliferation or malignant change like the previous case reports was not found in our case.
