Folliculosebaceous cystic hamartoma of the nipple: a case report.
Folliculosebaceous cystic hamartoma (FCH) is a relatively rare and recently described lesion of the skin. Mostly, it involves the skin of the head and neck area. It is considered by most authors as a form of non-neoplastic cutaneous hamartoma comprising follicular, sebaceous and stromal elements. However, few regard it as a sebaceous trichofolliculoma, i.e. a variant of trichofolliculoma. FCH of the nipple of female breast is a very rare lesion with only one previous case reported so far in the literature. We report a similar case with a brief review of the literature.
Badr
AbdullGaffar
A
Department of Histopathology, Dubai Hospital, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. badraah009@yahoo.com
Lakshmiah
Ganapathy Raman
GR
D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005497:Follicular Cyst / Q000473:pathology; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009558:Nipples / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012627:Sebaceous Glands / Q000473:pathology; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery