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Loren W. Shaffer, M.D.; Coleman Mopper, M.D.; William H. Eyster, Jr., M.D.

AMA Arch Derm. 1956;74(3):315-321.

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Benign Cystic Epithelioma (Trichoepithelioma). Presented by the STAFF of DETROIT RECEIVING HOSPITAL

A 12-year-old Negro girl was brought to the hospital because of symptom-free tumors of the face, neck, and back, which developed when she was 4 years old. The mother also had similar lesions, which also developed when she was 4 years old. The mother states that her great-grandfather, grandmother, and uncle had similar lesions. The uncle's lesions involuted spontaneously.

Examination revealed symmetrical minute pearly tumors of the face, neck, and back, which varied in size from a pinhead to a pea. The tumors project above the surface of the skin and are painless to the touch.

The biopsy was read as benign cystic epithelioma.

Mother with benign cystic epithelioma.

Discussion

DR. ARTHUR SCHILLER: I saw the mother of this patient 15 years ago and presented her at a meeting in Ann Arbor. Since that time she . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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