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SOLITARY TRICHOEPITHELIOMA WITH PROMINENT CYSTIC STRUCTURES
Author(s) -
Ohkohchi Kyoko,
Tagami Hachiro
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1985.tb01543.x
Subject(s) - trichoepithelioma , chin , cyst , anatomy , pathology , biology , medicine , basal cell , basal cell carcinoma
We describe a case of solitary protruding trichoepithelioma on the chin of a middle‐aged man that attained a large size in a relatively short period of time. Histologically, it showed a unique architecture consisting of tumor nests proliferating around a huge central keratinizing cyst and along sweat retention cysts.