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Fibrofolliculoma

Known as: Fibrofolliculomas, trichodiscoma 
A rare, pilar-associated mesenchyme neoplasm with follicular differentiation. It usually occurs in the face, neck, and chest. It presents as a dome… 
National Institutes of Health

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Connective Tissue CellsConnective and Soft TissueExocrine systemHair

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Review
2017
Review
2017
Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome prospectively detected by review of chest computed tomography scans
Purpose Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome (BHD) is a rare disorder caused by mutations in the gene that encodes folliculin (FLCN) and is… 
2012
2012
Novel in-frame deletion mutation in FLCN gene in a Korean family with recurrent primary spontaneous pneumothorax.
2009
2009
Fibrofolliculoma in a patient with tuberous sclerosis complex
The occurrence of multiple fibrofolliculomas or trichodiscomas on the face and neck is clinically characteristic of Birt‐Hogg‐Dub… 
Review
2009
Review
2009
Lung cysts in Birt‐Hogg‐Dubé syndrome: Histopathological characteristics and aberrant sequence repeats
Birt‐Hogg‐Dubé (BHD) syndrome is a rare disorder inherited in an autosomal dominant manner. The affected patients are predisposed… 
Review
2008
Review
2008
The dermatologist's guide to hereditary syndromes with renal tumors.
Patients with hereditary syndromes with renal tumors initially may present to the dermatologist. It is essential that… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
Acrochordons are not a component of the Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome: does this syndrome exist? Case reports and review of the literature.
Multiple fibrofolliculomas, trichodiscomas, and acrochordons compose the triad of cutaneous lesions characterizing the Birt-Hogg… 
Review
1991
Review
1991
Neurofollicular Hamartoma: A Clinicopathological Study
We review two patients with unusual pilosebaceous and spindle cell neoplasms. Both lesions were on the nose and were clinically… 
1985
1985
Multiple fibrofolliculomas and trichodiscomas.
A late-onset, sporadic case of multiple fibrofolliculomas and trichodiscomas is reported. This case and other reports in the… 
Review
1981
Review
1981
Fibrofolliculoma: a clinicopathologic study.
A 63-year-old woman with numerous fibrofolliculomas on the face, neck, ears, and trunk is described. These papular lesions… 
1981
1981
[Pinkus' trichodiscoma (author's transl)].
The trichodiscoma first described by Pinkus (1966) is a small cutaneous tumor of the human retropilar hair disk; these lesions… 
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