title: Multiple Giant Pilar Cyst Distributed Over the Body Since Childhood.
abstract: Trichilemmal cyst or pilar cyst is defined as a cyst containing keratin and its breakdown products. It is usually situated on the scalp with a wall resembling external hair root sheath. In this case report we present a 55-year-old man with multiple giant pilar cysts that were distributed over the whole body since childhood. One of the cyst on the chest was transformed to squamous cell carcinoma (SCC).
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Isfahan University of Medical Science Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Asilian
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Al Zahra Hospital, Skin Diseases and Leishmaniasis Research Center, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Amir Hossein
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Siadat
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Isfahan University of Medical Science Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Zabiolah
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Shahmoradi
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Isfahan University of Medical Science Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Sheila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shariat
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Isfahan University of Medical Science Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Nooshin Afshar
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Moghadam
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Isfahan University of Medical Science Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Hamid
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Soozangar
keywords: Body; pilar cyst; squamous cell carcinoma