Cutaneous horn overlying a trichofolliculoma involving the ear
Keywords:
Cutaneous horn, hyperkeratosis, trichofolliculoma, hamartoma, hair follicleAbstract
Trichofolliculomas are benign hamartomas of the hair follicles. Usually seen around the nose, they present as small skin-coloured papules or nodules. We present a patient who presented with a cutaneous horn on the pinna developing over a trichofolliculoma, something not described in literature in the past. The growth was excised and the diagnosis was established on histopathological examination.References
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