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Case Reports
. 2008 Mar 15;14(3):14.

Pruritic bluish-black subcutaneous papules on the chest

Vivian T Laquer  1 , Jashin J Wu, Joshua A Tournas, Jenny E Murase, Senait W Dyson
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  • PMID: 18627715
Case Reports

Pruritic bluish-black subcutaneous papules on the chest

Vivian T Laquer et al. Dermatol Online J. .

Abstract

Steatocystoma multiplex (SM) is characterized by multiple dermal cysts involving the pilosebaceous glands. Although most presenting cases are sporadic, there is a rare familial syndrome involving a mutation in keratin 17 (K17) that is inherited in an autosomal dominant fashion. SM often presents concomitantly with eruptive vellus hair cysts (EHVS) and pachyonychia congenital type 2 (PC-2). We report a sporadic case of SM in a 21-year-old man.

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