173 citations
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July 2012 in “British Journal of Dermatology” This study found that the administration of the mutant BRAF inhibitor dabrafenib in patients with metastatic melanoma was associated with various skin lesions, including keratinocytic proliferation that sometimes showed low-grade malignancy features.
12 citations
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August 1988 in “Histopathology” This case report describes a giant pigmented tumor of the scalp in a 47-year-old woman and suggests a possible dual origin involving neural crest differentiation.
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September 1997 in “Archives of Dermatology” This case report describes a 5-year-old boy with a solitary patch of hair loss, potentially linked to a fungal infection after antibiotic treatment showed minimal effectiveness.
5 citations
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August 2000 in “Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine” This case report describes an 89-year-old woman with a recurrent benign proliferating trichilemmal tumor on her back, highlighting its misdiagnosis as a sebaceous cyst and successful excision with free margins.
1 citations
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August 2024 in “Pediatric Dermatology” In this report, researchers describe an unusual case of congenital pili multigemini, a hair follicle disorder, presenting on the eyebrow of a female infant, highlighting its rarity and atypical location.
1 citations
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March 2024 in “Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery” In this case study, a 34-year-old woman with a rare presentation of pilomatrixoma involving alopecia and skin hypopigmentation showed no improvement in these symptoms despite a 3-month trial of topical steroid treatment, highlighting a potential association between pilomatrixoma and microinflammation.
January 2025 in “Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Ophthalmology” This study of pilomatrixoma cases in children reveals that these benign tumors typically present as painless masses under the eyebrow and can be effectively treated with surgical excision, though rare rapid growth may occur.
June 2024 in “British Journal of Dermatology” This study reported a gap between podiatrists' frequent encounters with suspicious pigmented foot lesions and their lack of formal melanoma detection training, highlighting a need for improved education and referral pathways.
9 citations
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January 1975 in “Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)” This report describes a case of Rothmund-Thomson type congenital poikiloderma, noting minor skin changes, hair loss, and slightly elevated lysine and cystine in the urine.
December 2001 in “中華皮膚科醫學雜誌” This case report describes a rare instance of sebaceous trichofolliculoma identified in an 18-year-old boy, characterized by a dermal nodule on the nasal bridge with distinct histological features.
2 citations
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August 2004 in “Veterinary Dermatology” This case study in an 8-month-old mixed-breed dog with symptoms and histopathological findings supports a diagnosis of hereditary junctional epidermolysis bullosa, although specific genetic mutations weren't identified.
34 citations
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January 1998 in “Archiv für Pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und für Klinische Medicin” This report describes four trichoblastoma cases rich in Merkel cells, suggesting these tumors may mimic fetal skin development where Merkel cells are numerous.
January 2018 in “Springer eBooks” Congenital triangular alopecia is a harmless, non-spreading hair loss condition often seen in young children.
This case report describes perifollicular melanocyte regeneration in the affected skin of a patient with bullous pemphigoid, highlighting an underreported aspect of the condition in skin of color patients, and emphasizing the need for increased awareness and earlier diagnosis in this demographic.
2 citations
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August 2008 in “Journal of Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences” This case report describes a twenty-year-old woman misdiagnosed with a sebaceous cyst that was actually pilomatrixoma, a benign skin lesion from hair matrix cells, confirmed by histopathology after excision.
January 2025 in “Dermatology Reports” This case report describes a 61-year-old Italian man with a rare, localized variant of junctional epidermolysis bullosa linked to the R795X mutation in the COL17A1 gene, highlighting the importance of precise diagnosis for effective management of rare genetic disorders.
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January 1986 in “PubMed” This case report describes a young patient with a unique combination of dysmorphism, bullous eruption, skin and muscle atrophy, and hyperpigmentation that doesn't fit existing nosological categories.
11 citations
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May 1998 in “Child's nervous system” This case report describes a 5-day-old male infant with a constellation of symptoms, including leptomeningeal angiomatosis, hair follicle nevus, and congenital alopecia, potentially representing a novel neurocutaneous syndrome.
January 2005 in “Journal of Cutaneous Pathology” This report describes a unique benign neoplasm on the nail unit called onychoblastoma, which histologically resembles a trichoblastoma, marking the first documented case of this tumor type.
2 citations
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June 1989 in “Archives of Dermatology” This case report describes a 65-year-old man's trichofolliculoma, a hair follicle-origin tumor, which appeared as a persistent cheek pore extrusion and was removed at the patient's request.
14 citations
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April 1976 in “Journal of Cutaneous Pathology” This case report observed a subepidermal calcified nodule on the face of a 15-year-old boy, thought to originate from hair follicles, with calcium being eliminated through the skin.
January 2015 in “프로그램북(구 초록집)” This case report describes an unusual instance of eruptive syringomas in a 25-year-old man, persisting for about 10 years, which is atypical given the patient's sex and the condition's usual presentation.
4 citations
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August 1991 in “The Journal of Dermatology” This case report describes a rare pedunculated follicular hamartoma on the nasal septum of a 77-year-old Japanese male, emphasizing its unique clinical and pathological features.
10 citations
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September 1994 in “International Journal of Dermatology” This case report describes three Iranian men with gradual reddish-brown pigmentation on their cheeks and preauricular areas since childhood, unresponsive to sunblocks and topical steroids.
6 citations
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February 2020 in “Journal of Cutaneous Pathology” This case report describes the histopathological features of nevus psiloliparus in an 11-year-old girl, noting "shadow" follicular units with loosely arranged collagen and reduced elastic fibers.
September 2021 in “Pediatrics in review” This case report describes a 2-year-old girl with Majocchi granuloma, a deep granulomatous folliculitis, which improved after treatment with oral terbinafine despite relapses leading to multiple treatment courses.
October 2023 in “Indian dermatology online journal” This report describes a case study of a 23-year-old female exhibiting multiple trichodiscomas, a type of benign tumor of the hair follicular discs common in familial cases and potentially linked to Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome, though genetic testing was not performed due to financial constraints.
In this case report, researchers diagnosed a 12-year-old girl with a nevus sebaceus of Jadassohn, characterized by a yellowish-pink plaque on the scalp and a genetic variant, following previous misdiagnosis as alopecia areata.
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March 2011 in “Ophthalmic genetics” This case report documents a 63-year-old with Birt-Hogg-Dubé Syndrome who developed choroidal melanoma alongside multiple lid folliculomas, marking the first known association of these conditions.