Giant solitary trichoepithelioma masquerading as basal cell carcinoma

Authors

  • Surya Rao Rao Venkata Mahipathy Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Saveetha Medical College and Hospital, Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Narayanamurthy Sundaramurthy Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Saveetha Medical College and Hospital, Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Vimal Chander Rajamanohar Department of Pathology, Saveetha Medical College and Hospital, Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Alagar Raja Durairaj Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Saveetha Medical College and Hospital, Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Manimaran Ramachandran Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Saveetha Medical College and Hospital, Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2349-2902.isj20182790

Keywords:

Adnexal, Benign, Immunohistochemistry, Rare

Abstract

Trichoepithelioma is a rare benign adnexal tumour which can be of solitary non-familial type or multiple familial trichoepitheliomas. Here authors describe a middle-aged patient who presented with a swelling of the left nasolabial region diagnosed clinically as a basal cell carcinoma but proved to be a giant solitary trichoepithelioma (GST) following histopathological examination. This case is presented due to the rarity and the difficulty encountered in diagnosis of the case.

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Published

2018-06-25

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