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Proliferating trichilemmal tumours are benign but locally aggressive skin neoplasms arising from hair follicles. Rarely, they can become malignant and must be appropriately managed to prevent recurrence and metastasis. One must have a low threshold for diagnosing this rare neoplasm.
- skin
- plastic and reconstructive surgery
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Contributors PS: planning, organisation of patient care, collaboration with histopathology and follow-up review of the patient and literature review and writing of manuscript. AU: care of the patient, literature review, discussions in multidisciplinary team, design of case report and writing and editing of the manuscript. LM: role in MDT meetings and reviewing histopathology, literature review and editing of manuscript. IK: consultant responsible for patient care, coordinating MDT, literature review and case identification for write-up, editing and review of manuscript.
Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Competing interests None declared.
Patient consent Obtained.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.