A large proliferating trichilemmal cyst masquerading as squamous cell carcinoma

A large proliferating trichilemmal cyst masquerading as squamous cell carcinoma

Proliferating trichilemmal cyst (PTC), a rare benign tumor, is a fascinating follicular neoplasm. It occurs on head and neck region of elderly women and its histologic hallmark is trichilemmal keratinization. A 70-year-old female presented to skin outpatient department with complaints of a slowly gr...

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Main Authors: Kiran Alam, Kanupriya Gupta, Veena Maheshwari, Manoranjan Varshney, Anshu Jain, Arshad Hafeez Khan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Dermatology
Subjects:
Histopathology
proliferating trichilemmal cyst
scalp
Online Access:http://www.e-ijd.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5154;year=2015;volume=60;issue=1;spage=104;epage=104;aulast=Alam

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