pilar cyst

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Noun1.pilar cyst - a common cyst of the skinpilar cyst - a common cyst of the skin; filled with fatty matter (sebum) that is secreted by a sebaceous gland that has been blocked
sebaceous cyst, steatocystoma, wen
chalazion, Meibomian cyst - a small sebaceous cyst of the eyelid resulting when a Meibomian gland is blocked
cyst - a closed sac that develops abnormally in some body structure
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[6] It is a large, solitary, multilobulated lesion that may arise within a trichilemmal cyst (Pilar cyst).
RARE CASE OF MALIGNANT PROLIFERATING TRICHILEMMAL TUMOUR
Pilomatrixoma (19.13%) was the most common tumor encountered in the study followed by pilar cyst (14.89%).
"Troublesome tumors" of the skin: Spectrum of skin adnexal tumors at a tertiary care center in Malwa region
In addition to the pilar cyst feature, the histopathology of malignant proliferative trichilemmal tumor shows excessive epithelial proliferation, variable cytologic atypia, mitotic activity, atypical mitosis, nuclear polymorphism, adjacent invasion, and metastasis.
Histopathological Profile of Surgically Excised Scalp and Skull Lesions
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