Combined cutaneous hamartoma encompassing benign melanocytic naevus, vellus hair cyst and epidermoid cyst

Clin Exp Dermatol. 2000 Jan;25(1):38-40. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2230.2000.00569.x.

Abstract

We describe a combined cutaneous hamartoma in a 57-year-old man, which comprised a vellus hair cyst, an epidermoid cyst and an intradermal melanocytic naevus in a single facial tumour. The vellus hair cyst was filled with keratinous material with unusual slit-like lacunae. While numerous cases of epidermoid cyst have been reported in association with an intradermal melanocytic naevus, our case is a rare example of a lesion combining several hamartomatous elements.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cysts / pathology*
  • Epidermal Cyst / pathology
  • Hair Diseases / pathology
  • Hamartoma / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nevus, Pigmented / pathology*
  • Skin Diseases / pathology*
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology