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. 2023 Dec 1;15(1):105-112.
doi: 10.4103/idoj.idoj_490_23. eCollection 2024 Jan-Feb.

Steatocystoma Multiplex

Vijayasankar Palaniappan  1 , Kaliaperumal Karthikeyan  1
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Steatocystoma Multiplex

Vijayasankar Palaniappan et al. Indian Dermatol Online J. .
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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
(a) Steatocystoma multiplex over the neck. Note the yellowish nature of the lesions (b) Steatocystoma multiplex over the posterior trunk
Figure 2
Figure 2
Extensive steatocystoma multiplex over the anterior trunk
Figure 3
Figure 3
(a) A case of steatocystoma multiplex suppurativum. Note the simultaneous presence of active steatocystoma multiplex lesions along with scars clinically mimicking acne conglobata (b) Steatocystoma simplex in the shaft of the penis
Figure 4
Figure 4
(a) Cyst lining in a wavy, homogenous, eosinophilic horny layer with several layers of epithelial cells collapsed around the cystic space. Note the embedded lobules of sebaceous glands among the epithelial cells (H&E, 20x) (b) Dermoscopy showing the yellowish structureless area (Dermlite D4, polarized, original magnification x10)
Figure 5
Figure 5
(a) Extrusion of cheesy, oily material after a small nick in a lesion (b) Sac protruding out of the steatocystoma multiplex
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