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Combined cutaneous hamartoma encompassing benign melanocytic naevus, vellus hair cyst and epidermoid cyst
Author(s) -
Daisuke Tsuruta,
Kōichi Nakagawa,
Shoji Taniguchi,
Hiromi Kobayashi,
Toshio Hamada,
Masamitsu Ishii
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2230.2000.00569.x
Subject(s) - vellus hair , epidermoid cyst , medicine , dermatology , cyst , hamartoma , pathology , lesion , scalp
We describe a combined cutaneous hamartoma in a 57‐year‐old man, which comprised a vellus hair cyst, an epidermoid cyst and an intradermal melanocytic naevus in a single facial tumour. The vellus hair cyst was filled with keratinous material with unusual slit‐like lacunae. While numerous cases of epidermoid cyst have been reported in association with an intradermal melanocytic naevus, our case is a rare example of a lesion combining several hamartomatous elements.