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| Year : 2014 | Volume
: 60
| Issue : 4 | Page : 400-402 |
Recurrent malignant proliferating trichilemmal tumor with lymph node metastasis in a young woman
SP Dubhashi, SK Jadhav, A Parasnis, CS Patil
Department of General Surgery, Padmashree Dr. DY Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Center, Dr. DY Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. S P Dubhashi
Department of General Surgery, Padmashree Dr. DY Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Center, Dr. DY Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune, Maharashtra
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.143973
Malignant proliferating trichilemmal tumor (MPTT) is a rare cutaneous tumor predominantly affecting the scalp, eyelids, neck and face of elderly women. It is a large, solitary, multilobulated lesion that may arise within a pilar cyst. These tumors are largely benign, often cystic, and are characterized by trichilemmal keratinization. However, at times, the tumor has an aggressive clinical course and a propensity for nodal and distant metastases. Wide local excision with a 1 cm margin of normal tissue is the treatment of choice. Adjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy have been occasionally used to prevent recurrence in MPTT. This is a case report of a recurrent malignant trichilemmal tumor over scalp in a young female patient with nodal metastasis.
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