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Kenji Sato, MD; Kyoko Shibuya, MD; Hiroyasu Taguchi, MD; Yukio Kitano, MD, PhD; Kunihiko Yoshikawa, MD, PhD

Arch Dermatol. 1993;129(1):35-37.

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REPORT OF A CASE

In October 1982, a 41-year-old man was seen because of multiple soft tumors on the upper half of his body. These tumors were up to 3 cm in diameter. His parents were not consanguineous. His family, including his 18- and 19-year-old children, had no history of similar lesions. At 16 years of age, our patient first noticed subcutaneous nodules on his neck. Since then, the number and size of the nodules increased. When he was 20 years of age, there were many nodules on his head, neck, trunk, and upper extremities. The nodules continually discharged oily material and became inflamed and tender. Following a diagnosis of steatocystoma multiplex, 25 cysts on his head were surgically excised with 750 mL of blood loss. The oily material was sterile. About 75 smaller cysts on the trunk were excised and drained, and the walls of cyst were treated with . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Department of Dermatology, Osaka (Japan) University School of Medicine

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