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Steatocystoma Multiplex in Four Successive Generations
Tejinder Kaur and Amrinder Jit Kanwar
Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
A 16-year-old girl presented with multiple, yellowish, elastic, non-tender cysts on the face, trunk, arms and axillae for the last 3-4 years. On pricking, yellowish fluid could be expressed from the lesions. Clinically and histopathologically, the lesions were suggestive of steatocystoma multiplex. There was a family history of similar lesions in five members over four generations.
key words: steatocystoma multiplex; familial occurrence
Received June 13, 2002; Accepted for publication March 25, 2003
Reprint requests to: Amrinder J. Kanwar, Professor, Department of Dermatology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.
J Dermatol 30 (7): 559-561, 2003
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