• Asha Kubba, Meenakshi Batrani, Atul Taneja, and Vivek Jain.
• Delhi Dermpath Laboratory, New Delhi, India.
• Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol. 2014 Mar 1; 80 (2): 141-4.

AbstractWe present three cases of a rare eruptive variant of tumor of follicular infundibulum. Two patients presented with hypopigmented macules. The clinical differential diagnoses considered in these two cases were vitiligo, lichen sclerosus et atrophicus, and idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis. In the third case, the lesions were hypopigmented flat topped maculo-papules diagnosed clinically as verruca plana. In all three cases, the histopathological features of plate like growth of pale keratinocytes connected to the epidermis and peritumoral condensation of elastic fibers were diagnostic. Although no satisfactory treatment is available, the exclusion of other clinical differential diagnosis particularly vitiligo with its psychosocial implications underscores the importance of skin biopsy.

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