Korean J Dermatol.
2003 Jul;41(7):959-961.
Transepidermal Elimination Associated with Trichilemmal Cyst
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- 1Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Korea. wjlee@hallym.ac.kr
Abstract
- The skin functions to eliminate foreign substances through the epidermis to epidermal surface; this process is called transepidermal elimination(TEE). TEE has been observed in various skin tumors. A 71-year-old woman presented with a well-circumscribed, red-brownish, subcutaneous nodule, 1.3x1.0 cm in size, located on the left thigh. The histopathologic finding of the lesion shows trichilemmal cyst with transepidermal elimination.
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