title: Congenital non-familial unilateral basaloid follicular hamartoma.
abstract: Basaloid follicular hamartoma is not a well-recognized clinical entity and has often been diagnosed as trichoepithelioma or basal cell carcinoma. It is a unique benign follicular tumour which comprises a variety of clinical manifestations. We present the case of a 24-year-old male with unilateral basaloid follicular hamartoma present at birth and later misdiagnosed as basal cell carcinoma. Histological features of basaloid follicular hamartoma are not always diagnostic and clinico-pathological correlation is particularly important to distinguish this benign hamartoma from other basaloid tumours including basal cell carcinoma. Continuous follow-up of our patient did not reveal any clinical or histological malignant transformation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology & Venereology, Dicle University Medical Faculty, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Harman
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Inalöz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akdeniz
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Inalöz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aslan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006201:Hair Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology; D018859:Hair Follicle / Q000473:pathology*; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018295:Neoplasms, Basal Cell / Q000175:diagnosis; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis