5 citations
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February 2015 in “Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery” This study describes two new types of dermal keratinous cysts of the eyelids, derived from the pilosebaceous apparatus, each presenting distinct management challenges.
March 2026 in “The Journal of Dermatology” This case study describes a 70-year-old woman with a congenital skin condition, nevus sebaceus, who underwent hair transplantation which maintained hair growth for about 40 years; however, secondary tumors developed over time, highlighting the persistence of tumorigenic potential within nevus sebaceus.
May 2020 in “International journal of dermatology and venereology” This study introduces the term "hair matrix cyst" for a cyst with both pilomatricoma and epidermal cyst characteristics, highlighting its potential for misdiagnosis among similar skin conditions.
16 citations
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May 2017 in “Journal of Clinical Ultrasound” This report describes the sonographic characteristics of a proliferating trichilemmal tumor in the subungual region, identifying it as a heterogeneous mass with echogenic foci, potentially representing keratin and cholesterol.
1 citations
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January 2021 in “Figshare” This case series observed that solitary fibrofolliculoma is a rare lesion that can affect the eyelids, requiring histological examination for accurate diagnosis due to its nonspecific clinical appearance.
1 citations
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December 2022 in “Skin Appendage Disorders” This review highlights that trichofolliculomas can resemble certain skin cancers, emphasizing the importance of recognizing their clinical features to avoid unnecessary surgery; it reports no new clinical results.
2 citations
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January 2022 in “International journal of trichology” This case report details a rare instance of eruptive vellus hair cysts in a 12-year-old male, highlighting its atypical morphology and axillary distribution, which has not been previously documented.
January 2003 in “Linchuang pifuke zazhi” This case report describes a trichoblastoma in a 58-year-old man's leg, which was successfully excised without recurrence observed after 9 months.
4 citations
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November 2024 in “BMC Ophthalmology” This case report describes a rare instance of a giant and atypical proliferating pilomatrixoma on the eyelid, successfully treated with surgical excision, with no recurrence observed after one year, emphasizing the need to excise and histologically evaluate enlarging periocular masses to rule out malignancy.
3 citations
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April 2016 in “International Journal of Dermatology” This article presents a clinicopathologic challenge involving early leonine facies with alopecia in a young man and reports no new clinical results.
4 citations
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February 2018 in “Annales de Dermatologie et de Vénéréologie” Onychomatricome is a benign nail tumor with specific dermoscopic features that help distinguish it from cancer.
September 2024 in “Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics” This case report adds to the understanding of neurofibromatosis type 1 by documenting an Egyptian child with the condition alongside multiple unusual congenital anomalies, highlighting the importance of considering NF1 when these features are present.
November 2023 in “International surgery journal” In this case study, a 69-year-old male with a neck swelling was diagnosed with a trichilemmal cyst, highlighting the importance of complete surgical excision for lesions with proliferative or malignant potential.
5 citations
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March 2015 in “Indian Journal of Dermatology” This report describes a rare case of multiple trichofolliculomas on the face, which clinically resembled multiple trichoepitheliomas.
36 citations
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December 2004 in “British Journal of Dermatology” This case study reports a peculiar variant of an epidermal cyst in a patient, featuring unique characteristics like brownish, lumpy contents resembling bone marrow.
41 citations
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July 2016 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study identified molecular differences between dysplastic nevi and common melanocytic nevi, including altered keratinocyte differentiation, increased hair follicle-related molecule expression, and distinct immune microenvironment characteristics in dysplastic nevi.
June 2025 in “British Journal of Dermatology” In this study, researchers describe a rare case of trichoepitheliomas in a 7-year-old boy, characterized by multiple skin lesions in a Blaschko-linear pattern, hypothesizing it as a type 1 segmental mosaicism without detected CYLD gene mutations.
January 2007 in “Linchuang pifuke zazhi” A case study reported a 15-year-old boy with a diagnosis of giant folliculosebaceous cystic hamartoma on his right buttock, characterized by malformed hair follicles and sclerotized collagen.
April 2016 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology” Dermoscopy helped correctly diagnose a skin condition that was previously misidentified as a different hair loss disease.
March 2022 in “Ophthalmology Journal” This case report describes a 45-year-old woman with a trichoadenoma of the eyelid, emphasizing the importance of histopathological examination for accurately diagnosing excised eyelid lesions.
5 citations
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January 2017 in “Anais brasileiros de dermatologia/Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia” This review reports two new cases of porokeratotic eccrine and hair follicle nevus and analyzes all known cases in the Spanish and English literature, suggesting a link to a GJB2 gene mutation.
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.
30 citations
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May 2005 in “Pediatric dermatology” This report reviews familial cases of aplasia cutis of the scalp, noting large irregular defects at the vertex or anterior along the sagittal suture in six families.
7 citations
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May 1978 in “Acta Dermato Venereologica” This case report details a 36-year-old man with atypical necrobiosis lipoidica on his face, characterized by annular lesions and prominent giant cells without clear granuloma formation.
July 1979 in “Archives of Dermatology” This case report describes a 68-year-old woman with benign mucous membrane pemphigoid and unusual keratotic plaques on her extremities, associated with longstanding mouth and eye symptoms and phalangeal swelling.
2 citations
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January 2014 in “Indian dermatology online journal” This report describes a case of isolated congenital atrichia combined with nevus flammeus.
3 citations
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October 2001 in “British Journal of Ophthalmology” This case report suggests that intralesional cidofovir successfully treated SCC without systemic toxicity, making it a potential alternative to consider alongside surgical excision.
March 2026 in “Dermatopathology” In this case report, a rare instance of a primary cutaneous granular cell tumor with prominent overlying terminal hair growth in an adult is described, highlighting the importance of recognizing atypical presentations to accurately diagnose similar uncommon neoplasms.
September 2020 in “Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology” This case report describes a pilomatricoma in a 21-year-old woman, highlighting the diagnostic process and illustrating the potential for intraoral surgical access to minimize scarring.
9 citations
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June 2017 in “Journal of Cutaneous Pathology” This study found that follicular acantholysis is a common histopathological feature in pemphigus, with differences in depth between pemphigus vulgaris and pemphigus foliaceus lesions that may aid in diagnosis.