TY - JOUR
T1 - Case Report Trichilemmal Carcinoma of the Scalp
AU - Ahmed, Talha
AU - Shenoy, Jayarama
AU - Mohammed, Ashfaque
AU - Fahad, Shabin
AU - Maliakal, Bichu Joseph
AU - Rajput, Manmohan Singh
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/4
Y1 - 2020/4
N2 - Trichilemmal carcinoma is a rare hair follicle tumour which develops from the outer root sheath of the hair follicle. It is thought to occur from a malignant transformation of a benign Trichilemmoma and is usually found on sun-exposed areas such face, ears, scalp of elderly women. It is a low-grade tumour with low metastatic potential. We present the case of an elderly female patient with low grade Trichilemmal carcinoma of the scalp with cervical lymph node which was clinically and histopathologically proven to be insignifican
AB - Trichilemmal carcinoma is a rare hair follicle tumour which develops from the outer root sheath of the hair follicle. It is thought to occur from a malignant transformation of a benign Trichilemmoma and is usually found on sun-exposed areas such face, ears, scalp of elderly women. It is a low-grade tumour with low metastatic potential. We present the case of an elderly female patient with low grade Trichilemmal carcinoma of the scalp with cervical lymph node which was clinically and histopathologically proven to be insignifican
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85103612972
SN - 0972-5997
VL - 19
SP - 1
EP - 3
JO - Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences
JF - Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences
IS - 2
ER -