Ann Dermatol.  1997 Jul;9(3):228-230. 10.5021/ad.1997.9.3.228.

A Case of Multiple Trichilemmal Cysts

• Chung HS
• Lee NH
• Choi EH
• Lee WS
• Ahn SK

• KMID: 2360370
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5021/ad.1997.9.3.228

Abstract

A case of multiple trichilemmal cysts (TC) is presented. TC is known to be a kind of keratinous cyst with lining cells showing trichilemmal keratiniration. A 63-year-old female patient presented with a 30 year duration of increasing in size and number of twenty five nodular lesions on the scalp. All twenty five TC on the scalp were totally excised and examined microscopically. However, the evidence of proliferation or malignant change like the previous case reports was not found in our case.

Keyword

Trichilemmal cyst

MeSH Terms

Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Scalp