Multiple Giant Pilar Cyst Distributed Over the Body Since Childhood

Trichilemmal cyst or pilar cyst is defined as a cyst containing keratin and its breakdown products. It is usually situated on the scalp with a wall resembling external hair root sheath. In this case report we present a 55-year-old man with multiple giant pilar cysts that were distributed over the wh...

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Autores principales: Asilian, Ali, Siadat, Amir Hossein, Shahmoradi, Zabiolah, Shariat, Sheila, Moghadam, Nooshin Afshar, Soozangar, Hamid
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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E-IJD Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4763645/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26955134
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.174097
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author Asilian, Ali
Siadat, Amir Hossein
Shahmoradi, Zabiolah
Shariat, Sheila
Moghadam, Nooshin Afshar
Soozangar, Hamid
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description Trichilemmal cyst or pilar cyst is defined as a cyst containing keratin and its breakdown products. It is usually situated on the scalp with a wall resembling external hair root sheath. In this case report we present a 55-year-old man with multiple giant pilar cysts that were distributed over the whole body since childhood. One of the cyst on the chest was transformed to squamous cell carcinoma (SCC).
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spelling pubmed-47636452016-03-07 Multiple Giant Pilar Cyst Distributed Over the Body Since Childhood Asilian, Ali Siadat, Amir Hossein Shahmoradi, Zabiolah Shariat, Sheila Moghadam, Nooshin Afshar Soozangar, Hamid Indian J Dermatol E-IJD Case Report Trichilemmal cyst or pilar cyst is defined as a cyst containing keratin and its breakdown products. It is usually situated on the scalp with a wall resembling external hair root sheath. In this case report we present a 55-year-old man with multiple giant pilar cysts that were distributed over the whole body since childhood. One of the cyst on the chest was transformed to squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4763645/ /pubmed/26955134 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.174097 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Dermatology 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-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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