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| Year : 2014 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 185-186 |
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An unusual location of a pilar sheath acanthoma
Jeffrey Albert Kushner1, Richard Scott Thomas2, Russell John Young2
1 Department of Internal Medicine, Largo Medical Center, Largo, FL, USA
2 Department of Dermatology, Silver Falls Dermatology, Salem, OR, USA
Correspondence Address:
Jeffrey Albert Kushner
500 Belcher Road S Apartment 161, Largo, FL 33771
USA
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DOI: 10.4103/0974-7753.142886
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Pilar sheath acanthoma is a rare, benign follicular hamartoma that frequently presents as an asymptomatic, flesh-colored papule with a central opening. First described in 1978 by Mehregan and Brownstein, these lesions generally appear on the upper lip of elderly patients. We present an interesting case of a pilar sheath acanthoma presenting on the earlobe in a middle-aged male. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of a pilar sheath acanthoma found in such a unique location. |
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