Is a cystic sebaceous neoplasm always marker for Muir-Torre syndrome?

Dermatol Online J

Section for Skin Pathology, Department of Cellular Pathology, PathLinks Pathology Services, Lincoln County Hospital, Lincoln, UK.

Published: November 2009

Cystic sebaceous neoplasms are uncommon and almost always regarded as a consistent marker for Muir-Torre syndrome. We present a 73-year-old man with a cystic sebaceous neoplasm on his arm, clinically not associated with Muir-Torre syndrome.

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