title: Five generations with steatocystoma multiplex congenita: a treatment regimen.
abstract: We present our treatment regimen of modified excisions for cysts of steatocystoma multiplex congenita in seven members of a family afflicted with this disease spread over five generations. The family's disease is restricted to the head and neck region. A review of the literature of this rare disease is included, and our method of treatment is described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Tel-Aviv University, Sackler School of Medicine, Tzrifin, Israel.
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Pamoukian
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Westreich
mesh_terms: D003560:Cysts / Q000235:genetics* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000601:surgery*