Desmoplastic trichoepithelioma

Australas J Dermatol. 1998 Nov;39(4):273-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.1998.tb01491.x.

Abstract

A 20-year-old male presented with a 4 year history of a solitary nodule, 8 mm in diameter on the left temple. It was covered by normal skin, with a central depression and elevated borders. Histopathology showed numerous horn cysts amidst nests and strands of basaloid cells surrounded by a dense fibrous stroma. The clinical and histopathological features were characteristic of desmoplastic trichoepithelioma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Facial Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neoplasms, Adnexal and Skin Appendage / pathology*
  • Neoplasms, Basal Cell / pathology*
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology