Case Reports in Dermatology (Sep 2013)

Proliferating Trichilemmal Tumor: A Case on the Nose of a 70-Year-Old Man

  • Marcia Ramos-e-Silva,
  • Marcius A. Peryassu,
  • Bernardo C. Peryassu,
  • Raphael C. Peryassu,
  • Juan Piñeiro-Maceira,
  • Marcia Ramos-e-Silva

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1159/000355201
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 3
pp. 248 – 253

Abstract

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The authors report a case of proliferating trichilemmal tumor on the tip of the nose of a man. This tumor is usually seen in women and on the scalp, and it shows trichilemmal keratinization on histopathology.

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