title: Proliferating trichilemmal tumor on the dorsum of the hand.
abstract: A patient with a proliferating trichilemmal tumor on the dorsum of a hand is described. A surgical excision was performed, and the skin defect was covered with a distally based posterior interosseous island flap. In the operation, an iron fragment was found beneath the mass, and this was thought to have triggered development of the tumor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Asahi General Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Komuro
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takedai
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tagawa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004814:Epidermal Cyst / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005547:Foreign Bodies; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron; D008297:Male; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013524:Surgical Flaps
chemical_list: D007501:Iron