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Eruptive Tumors of the Follicular Infundibulum: An Unexpected Diagnosis of Hypopigmented Macules

BACKGROUND: Tumor of the follicular infundibulum (TFI) is considered as a rare benign neoplasm providing two distinctive clinical patterns: the solitary and the eruptive form. The clinical presentations resemble many other dermatologic conditions and require histopathological study to make a definit...

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Autores principales: Suchonwanit, Poonkiat, Ruangchainikom, Panunee, Apibal, Yingluck
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Healthcare 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4580659/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26143173
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13555-015-0079-0
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author Suchonwanit, Poonkiat
Ruangchainikom, Panunee
Apibal, Yingluck
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Ruangchainikom, Panunee
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description BACKGROUND: Tumor of the follicular infundibulum (TFI) is considered as a rare benign neoplasm providing two distinctive clinical patterns: the solitary and the eruptive form. The clinical presentations resemble many other dermatologic conditions and require histopathological study to make a definite diagnosis. OBJECTIVE: To inform physicians of a clinical presentation of TFI. CASE REPORT: We report on a 50-year-old man who presented with multiple asymptomatic hypopigmented macules resistant to the treatments. The histopathological study was consistent with tumors of the follicular infundibulum. CONCLUSION: Hypopigmented macules are one of the more common clinical presentations in dermatological practices. It is important to include TFI in the differential diagnosis when a patient with hypopigmented lesions does not respond to the treatment based on the clinical diagnosis. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s13555-015-0079-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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spelling pubmed-45806592015-09-25 Eruptive Tumors of the Follicular Infundibulum: An Unexpected Diagnosis of Hypopigmented Macules Suchonwanit, Poonkiat Ruangchainikom, Panunee Apibal, Yingluck Dermatol Ther (Heidelb) Case Report BACKGROUND: Tumor of the follicular infundibulum (TFI) is considered as a rare benign neoplasm providing two distinctive clinical patterns: the solitary and the eruptive form. The clinical presentations resemble many other dermatologic conditions and require histopathological study to make a definite diagnosis. OBJECTIVE: To inform physicians of a clinical presentation of TFI. CASE REPORT: We report on a 50-year-old man who presented with multiple asymptomatic hypopigmented macules resistant to the treatments. The histopathological study was consistent with tumors of the follicular infundibulum. CONCLUSION: Hypopigmented macules are one of the more common clinical presentations in dermatological practices. It is important to include TFI in the differential diagnosis when a patient with hypopigmented lesions does not respond to the treatment based on the clinical diagnosis. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s13555-015-0079-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. Springer Healthcare 2015-07-05 /pmc/articles/PMC4580659/ /pubmed/26143173 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13555-015-0079-0 Text en © The Author(s) 2015 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited.
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Suchonwanit, Poonkiat
Ruangchainikom, Panunee
Apibal, Yingluck
Eruptive Tumors of the Follicular Infundibulum: An Unexpected Diagnosis of Hypopigmented Macules
title Eruptive Tumors of the Follicular Infundibulum: An Unexpected Diagnosis of Hypopigmented Macules
title_full Eruptive Tumors of the Follicular Infundibulum: An Unexpected Diagnosis of Hypopigmented Macules
title_fullStr Eruptive Tumors of the Follicular Infundibulum: An Unexpected Diagnosis of Hypopigmented Macules
title_full_unstemmed Eruptive Tumors of the Follicular Infundibulum: An Unexpected Diagnosis of Hypopigmented Macules
title_short Eruptive Tumors of the Follicular Infundibulum: An Unexpected Diagnosis of Hypopigmented Macules
title_sort eruptive tumors of the follicular infundibulum: an unexpected diagnosis of hypopigmented macules
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4580659/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26143173
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13555-015-0079-0
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