[Proliferating trichilemmal tumor of the ischiorectal fossa]

Ann Pathol. 2011 Aug;31(4):316-9. doi: 10.1016/j.annpat.2011.05.011. Epub 2011 Jul 7.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Proliferating trichilemmal tumor (PTT) is rare and follows a protracted course, almost always benign. Nevertheless an adverse outcome may occur. Usually PTT presents as an indolent mass in the scalp of elderly women. We report a case of PTT localized in the ischiorectal fossa, which might have been diagnosed as an epidermoid carcinoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / diagnosis
  • Cysts / diagnosis*
  • Cysts / pathology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Hair Follicle / pathology*
  • Hair Follicle / surgery
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
  • Perineum
  • Skin Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology
  • Skin Neoplasms / surgery