Familial Facial disfigurement in Multiple
Familial Trichoepithelioma
Published: December 1, 2013 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2013/.3830
Usha Kataria, Deepti Agarwal, Dinesh Chhillar
1. Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology & Veneral Disease, BPS Govt. Medical College for Women, Khanpur Kalan, Sonepat, Haryana, India.
2. Associate Professor Department of Pathology, BPS Govt. Medical College for Women, Khanpur Kalan, Sonepat, Haryana, India.
3. Demonstrator, Department of Microbiology, BPS Govt. Medical College for Women, Khanpur Kalan, Sonepat, Haryana, India.
Correspondence Address :
Dr. Deepti Agarwal,
Associate Professor, BPS Govt. Medical College for Women, Khanpur Kalan, Sonepat, Haryana, India.
Phone: 91-8607566555, E-mail: deeptiagarwal@rocketmail.com
Abstract
Trichoepithelioma is an uncommon, benign hamartomatous tumor of the pilosebaceous follicle. Presenting as multiple papules and nodules on face and neck, they pose a significant cosmetic problem in affected individuals. Familial involvement of this dermatosis occurs in an autosomal dominant pattern, the locus being located on chromosome 9p21, which causes multiple facial lesions in family members and their kins. Here, we report a case of multiple familial trichoepithelioma causing considerable disfigurement of the face.
Keywords
Benign hamartomatous tumor, Pilosebaceous follicle, Locus 9p21, Trichoepithelioma