Open AccessMalignant proliferating trichilemmal tumour presenting early in life: An uncommon feature
Author(s) -
Shalinee Rao,
Ramya Ramakrishnan,
D Kamakshi,
Sibi Chakravarthi,
Sandhya Sundaram,
D Prathiba
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of cutaneous and aesthetic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.44
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0974-5157
pISSN - 0974-2077
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2077.79196
Subject(s) - medicine , pathology , neoplasm , feature (linguistics) , dermatology , philosophy , linguistics
Malignant proliferating trichilemmal tumour is a rare cutaneous malignant neoplasm usually occurring in elderly women. We present a case of malignant trichilemmal tumour in a young lady of 26 years of age with a previous history of proliferating trichilemmal tumour at the same site.