Eruptive vellus hair cyst presenting as asymptomatic follicular papules on extremities

Eruptive vellus hair cysts were first described in 1977. They usually appear as yellow to reddish-brown papules on the chest. Usual onset is between ages 17 and 24 years, but they may be congenital. Some believe that they may be inherited as an autosomal dominant disorder. Histologically the cyst ha...

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Autores principales: Khatu, Swapna, Vasani, Resham, Amin, Shital
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3752480/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23984238
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.115521
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description Eruptive vellus hair cysts were first described in 1977. They usually appear as yellow to reddish-brown papules on the chest. Usual onset is between ages 17 and 24 years, but they may be congenital. Some believe that they may be inherited as an autosomal dominant disorder. Histologically the cyst has a stratified squamous epithelium and it contains laminated keratin and vellus hairs. They are felt to be caused by an abnormality at the infundibular level of the vellus hair. We present this because of this patient's unusual distribution of eruptive vellus hair cysts.
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spelling pubmed-37524802013-08-27 Eruptive vellus hair cyst presenting as asymptomatic follicular papules on extremities Khatu, Swapna Vasani, Resham Amin, Shital Indian Dermatol Online J Case Report Eruptive vellus hair cysts were first described in 1977. They usually appear as yellow to reddish-brown papules on the chest. Usual onset is between ages 17 and 24 years, but they may be congenital. Some believe that they may be inherited as an autosomal dominant disorder. Histologically the cyst has a stratified squamous epithelium and it contains laminated keratin and vellus hairs. They are felt to be caused by an abnormality at the infundibular level of the vellus hair. We present this because of this patient's unusual distribution of eruptive vellus hair cysts. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3752480/ /pubmed/23984238 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.115521 Text en Copyright: © Indian Dermatology Online Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Eruptive vellus hair cyst presenting as asymptomatic follicular papules on extremities
title_full Eruptive vellus hair cyst presenting as asymptomatic follicular papules on extremities
title_fullStr Eruptive vellus hair cyst presenting as asymptomatic follicular papules on extremities
title_full_unstemmed Eruptive vellus hair cyst presenting as asymptomatic follicular papules on extremities
title_short Eruptive vellus hair cyst presenting as asymptomatic follicular papules on extremities
title_sort eruptive vellus hair cyst presenting as asymptomatic follicular papules on extremities
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3752480/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23984238
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.115521
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