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A. Strauss, M.D.; Donald M. Pillsbury, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1942;46(4):564-572.

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Trichoepithelioma with Basal Cell Epithelioma. Presented by DR. SIGMUND S. GREENBAUM and DR. BERTRAM SHAFFER.

D. R., a white woman aged 36, presents many pinhead-sized and pea-sized lesions on the face. Around the eyes they are grouped in larger nodules. Several dime-sized lesions on the nose and forehead have undergone ulceration. On the right side of the scalp there is a mass about the size of an apple. The patient first noticed the lesions one year ago. No other member of the family is similarly afflicted. A blood count, urinalysis and chemical examination of the blood showed no abnormalities. The Wassermann reaction was negative.

DISCUSSION

DR. SIGMUND S. GREENBAUM: It is unusual for benign cystic epithelioma to undergo malignant degeneration. I think one or two of the textbooks say that it never occurs, and yet here it apparently has done so.

DR. FRED D. WEIDMAN: The distribution here is that . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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