Published November 22, 2021 | Version v1

MALIGNANT PROLIFERATING TRICHILEMMAL TUMOR ONE CASE AND LITERATURE REVIEW

  • 1. Plastic Surgery Department, Mohammed VI University Hospital, Marrakech, Morocco.

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Proliferating trichilemmal tumors (PTTs) are uncommon lesions. PTT is thought to originate from the trichilemmal cyst (TC) and have the potential for malignant transformation, at which point it is termed a malignant proliferating trichilemmal tumor (MPTT). we report an observation of a 55-year-old lady patient presenting with a malignant proliferative trichilemmal tumor, emphasizing the aggressive, rapidly extensible and metastatic character. MPTTare aggressive tumors with a bad prognosis, the treatment of which is based on surgery with margins of 1 cm, lymph node dissection in the event of lymph node involvement and radio-chemotherapy.

 

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