Clinical Case Reports (Jan 2022)

Malignant proliferating trichilemmal tumor in abdominal wall: Report of a rare case at an uncommon site with literature review

  • Mahdokht Azizi,
  • Mazaher Ramezani

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5259
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. n/a – n/a

Abstract

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Abstract The proliferating trichilemmal tumor (PTT) is a very rare cutaneous neoplasm that rarely is malignant. PTTs mainly occur in the scalp of elderly women. Only 10% occur in places other than scalp. We present a 62‐year‐old male patient with malignant PTT in his abdominal wall.

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