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Proliferating Trichilemmal Tumor with Apocrine Sweat Glands
Author(s) -
Dekio Satoshi,
Imaoka Chiharu,
Jidoi Joji
Publication year - 1990
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.1346-8138.1990.tb01663.x
Subject(s) - apocrine , sweat , pathology , eccrine sweat , hair follicle , sweat gland , anatomy , biology , medicine , dermatology
A 43‐year‐old man with a proliferating trichilemmal tumor is described. Since the tumor had appeared on a pre‐existing alopecia and accompanied ectopic apocrine sweat glands, it is supposed that the pathogenesis of the tumor of our patient might be similar to that of an organoid nevus.