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January 2002 in “Development” In this study, repressing β-catenin/Lef1 signalling in mouse epidermis led to progressive hair loss, dermal cysts, and spontaneous skin tumors with sebaceous differentiation, indicating altered keratinocyte differentiation and potential tumourigenic processes.
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December 2006 in “International Journal of Dermatology” This clinical case study describes an aggressive squamous cell carcinoma developing within a giant epidermal cyst on the abdomen.
May 2020 in “International Journal of Dermatology and Venereology” This article discusses the characteristics, clinical presentation, and diagnosis of calcified epidermal cysts but reports no new clinical results.
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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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.