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Basaloid follicular hamartoma associated with follicular mucinosis and inflammation
Solange Edelman1, Adriana Natalia Torres Huamani1, María Del Valle Centeno1
1Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Nacional de Pediatría "Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan", Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Abstract:
Basaloid follicular hamartoma is a benign, superficial malformation of hair follicles that can be mistaken both clinical and histopathologically for basal cell carcinoma. Basaloid follicular hamartoma has been linked to a mutation in the PTCH-1 gene, which is part of the same pathway involved in Gorlin-Goltz syndrome. Here we present a 9-year-old patient with an asymptomatic congenital lesion on the forehead, which increased in size over the years. Histopathology showed a basaloid follicular hamartoma associated with follicular mucinosis and inflammation. Gorlin-Goltz syndrome was ruled out by clinical examination.
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