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Case Number : Case 2536 - 26 March 2020 Posted By: Saleem Taibjee

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42F, suspected cyst on scalp.


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Cem Leblebici

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Do we only observe the basal layer of trichilemmal cyst with suprabasal seperation?

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Saleem Taibjee

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Yes, Cem is spot on. This is a great and notorious pitfall, in which suprabasal separation of the pilar (tricholemmal) cyst wall (presumably at the time of surgery) leaves a remnant which can produce a mimic of hidrocystoma. This is a particularly impressive example. The clue is in the first image, where at the bottom of the field I included more typical pilar cyst at the edge. Below I include other parts of the section which I had deliberately omitted in the first set of images.

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