title: Unilateral naevoid trichoepitheliomas on the face of a child.
abstract: Trichoepitheliomas are benign epidermal appendage tumours that present most commonly as solitary lesions, and less often as multiple, symmetrically distributed lesions on the face, scalp, neck and trunk. Only a few patients have been reported in whom trichoepitheliomas were found as unusually configured linear or plaque-like confluent lesions, all of which occurred in patients with skin types V or VI. We describe a white girl with a hemifacial plaque of confluent naevoid trichoepitheliomas, the first report of such lesions in a white patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK. rolandmstrauss@tiscali.co.uk
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Strauss
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Merchant
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Stainforth
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Clark
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018295:Neoplasms, Basal Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*