Trichoepithelioma.
- Author:
Hong Bok KIM
;
Seung Cheul SUH
;
Si Uk KIM
;
Oh Woong KWON
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Adult;
Eyelids;
Female;
Hand;
Humans;
Puberty;
Skin;
Young Adult
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1982;23(3):669-673
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Trichoepithelioma. so named by Jarisch(1894), is a rare benign neoplasm of the skin on face and eyelid. The solitary type which is the most usual form seen in the eyelid occurs mainly in adult, on the other hand multiple type begin to appear at adolescence or puberty as a dominantly inherited condition. A 21 year-old korean female was found to have trichoepithelioma in her left lower eyelid mangm.
