Open AccessMalignant proliferating trichilemmal tumor in abdominal wall: Report of a rare case at an uncommon site with literature review
Author(s) -
Azizi Mahdokht,
Ramezani Mazaher
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.5259
Subject(s) - medicine , scalp , abdominal wall , pathology , neoplasm , dermatology , anatomy
The proliferating trichilemmal tumor (PTT) is a very rare cutaneous neoplasm that rarely is malignant. PTTs mainly occur in the scalp of elderly women. Only 10% occur in places other than scalp. We present a 62‐year‐old male patient with malignant PTT in his abdominal wall.