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Multiple trichoepitheliomas in a mother and daughter
Author(s) -
Crotty Kerry,
Dutta Bishnu,
Hogan Peter
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
australasian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.67
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1440-0960
pISSN - 0004-8380
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-0960.2003.00007.x
Subject(s) - daughter , trichoepithelioma , medicine , dermatology , pathology , evolutionary biology , biology , basal cell , basal cell carcinoma
SUMMARY A 38‐year‐old mother and her 8‐year‐old daughter presented with multiple facial papules. In both cases, the papules had started to develop at about the age of 4–5 years. Biopsy of one of the mother's papules revealed a trichoepithelioma. With time the lesions had become less obvious in the mother, so she and her daughter elected to have no treatment. Both mother and daughter were otherwise well. However, there have been rare reports of multiple trichoepitheliomas being associated with systemic conditions. Multiple trichoepitheliomas are inherited in an autosomal dominant manner and have been mapped to chromosome 9p21.