title: Proliferating trichilemmal tumor with apocrine sweat glands.
abstract: A 43-year-old man with a proliferating trichilemmal tumor is described. Since the tumor had appeared on a pre-existing alopecia and accompanied ectopic apocrine sweat glands, it is supposed that the pathogenesis of the tumor of our patient might be similar to that of an organoid nevus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Shimane Medical University, Izumo, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dekio
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Imaoka
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jidoi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000505:Alopecia / Q000473:pathology; D001050:Apocrine Glands / Q000473:pathology*; D004814:Epidermal Cyst / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012535:Scalp / Q000473:pathology; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D013545:Sweat Glands / Q000473:pathology*