August 2018 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” A 90-year-old woman's hand lesion was a rare, aggressive skin cancer treated successfully with surgery.
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December 2023 in “Indian Dermatology Online Journal” The authors concluded that steatocystoma multiplex is a rare dermatological condition with poor treatment outcomes, emphasizing the importance of early recognition and psychological support for affected individuals.
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December 2014 in “Indian Journal of Dermatology” This case report documents a rare presentation of congenital milia en plaque on the scalp of a five-year-old boy, with blaschkoid extension to the nuchal area, highlighting its uncommon location and onset.
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January 1987 in “PubMed” This study reported that in a histopathologic analysis of five parenteral heroin users with candida folliculitis, candida and pseudohyphae were frequently found in association with hair follicles.
A 70-year-old man with skin cancer on both sides of his forehead was treated with surgery and cryotherapy, highlighting the need for early detection and prevention.
In this case study, a shih tzu dog developed comedones and epidermal cysts on the abdominal skin following laparotomy, potentially due to the implantation of epidermal fragments into the dermis during surgery.
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March 2014 in “Dermatologic clinics” This article discusses the causes, development, treatment, and prevention strategies for pseudofolliculitis barbae and folliculitis keloidalis nuchae, but reports no new clinical results.
September 2023 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology” A rare benign scalp tumor in an infant requires surgical removal.
February 2024 in “Curēus” In this report, a rare case of hair tourniquet syndrome was described in a six-month-old girl, involving the uvula and requiring surgical intervention to remove the constricting hair.
October 2025 in “The Sri Lanka Journal of Dermatology” This case report highlights the diagnostic challenge of inverted follicular keratosis, emphasizing the importance of histopathology for accurate differentiation from malignancies.
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October 2023 in “European Journal of Dermatology” In this study, combining hair transplantation with platelet-rich plasma was found to be more effective than hair transplantation alone in reducing hair loss, improving hair regeneration, and decreasing skin lesions in patients with androgenic alopecia.
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June 2008 in “International Journal of Dermatology” This case study reports a unique and severe papulopustular eruption, likely induced by sorafenib treatment in a patient with metastatic renal cancer, which manifested as hyperkeratotic spicules and improved with cessation of the drug.
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January 2018 in “Endocrine” This report describes a three-generation family with Cantú syndrome linked to a novel ABCC9 gene variant, featuring acromegaloid appearance and hypertrichosis without growth hormone abnormalities, and suggests a potential association with pituitary adenomas.
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August 2009 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology” This study describes five patients with porokeratotic adnexal ostial nevus, a rare skin disorder, highlighting its clinical features and proposing a new encompassing term for related conditions.
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May 2025 in “The Journal of Rheumatology” In this case report, researchers described a 48-year-old man with systemic lupus erythematosus who developed a fungus ball (aspergilloma) within a tuberculosis cavity, a complication rarely reported in such patients, emphasizing the role of CT scans in diagnosis and the potential need for surgical intervention.
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April 2020 in “Asian Journal of Medicine and Biomedicine” This article reports a case of hair tourniquet syndrome in a child's toe, successfully treated surgically, and emphasizes the need for healthcare providers to be aware for early detection and treatment.
September 2005 in “Revue de Stomatologie et de Chirurgie Maxillo-faciale”
August 2025 in “Kırıkkale Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi” In this case study, researchers described a 47-year-old male with diabetes mellitus who developed inflammatory nevus comedonicus on his forehead, suggesting a potential link between this skin condition and diabetes. They recommend monitoring similar patients for diabetes and conducting studies to explore this association further.
January 2026 in “JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCH” In this case study, a 62-year-old male with a history of uncontrolled diabetes and chronic kidney disease was diagnosed with perforating folliculitis after presenting with dark, raised, pruritic lesions on his limbs, confirmed by histopathological examination showing collagen extruding into hair follicles.
January 2013 in “Kidney international” This report describes a clinical case of a 38-year-old man diagnosed with Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome, confirmed by genetic testing, highlighting the presentation of multiple renal tumors and bilateral lung cysts.
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February 2013 in “The Journal of Dermatology” This study seeks to clarify the terminology and classification of keratoacanthoma and similar squamous cell carcinoma lesions with central keratin-filled craters to aid in accurate differential diagnosis.
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July 1993 in “Archives of Dermatological Research” Merkel cells are abundant in facial vellus hair follicles, especially during the anagen phase.
December 2008 in “The Internet journal of surgery” This case report describes a 16-year-old girl with Rapunzel syndrome, where a trichobezoar presented as an abdominal lump, emphasizing the need for surgical removal and psychiatric evaluation to prevent recurrence.
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July 1968 in “Archives of Dermatology” This study found that applying scalp sebum from young men to rabbit ear canals caused follicular hyperkeratosis, suggesting sebum stimulates the formation of comedones, a key feature in acne vulgaris.
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February 2017 in “Clinical Dermatology Open Access Journal” This case report describes a middle-aged man with a growing scrotal mass, diagnosed as a benign proliferating trichilemmal tumor, which can mimic squamous cell carcinoma, highlighting the importance of correct diagnosis.
April 2025 in “Otorhinolaryngology Clinics - An International Journal” This case report highlights the critical role of preoperative histopathology in accurately diagnosing and treating ambiguous cutaneous lesions in the ear, nose, and throat area, emphasizing that reliance solely on clinical features can lead to misdiagnosis.
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February 2005 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology” Focal palmoplantar callosities may help diagnose non-Herlitz junctional epidermolysis bullosa.
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January 2014 in “Journal of skin cancer” This study found that most completely excised basal cell carcinomas in the head and neck were nodular, with a 2.7% recurrence rate, particularly in median areas, likely due to anatomical and histopathological factors.
October 2022 in “Boletín médico del Hospital infantil de México/Boletín médico del Hospital Infantil de México” This case report describes an 18-year-old male with a rare acquired smooth muscle hamartoma on his face, characterized by hyperpigmented plaques and increased hair growth, suggesting a histological overlap with folliculosebaceous cystic hamartoma.