Eruptive vellus hair cysts: an alternative diagnosing method.

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Ayse Serap Karadag

Ebru Cakir

Aylin Pelitli

چکیده

A 10-year-old girl presented with generalized papular eruption. The skin lesions initially appeared on anterior chest two years ago and then spread to upper and lower extremities. The number of lesions gradually increased. She had no subjective symptoms. Her past medical and family history was unremarkable. Dermatological examination revealed multiple, smooth, soft, fresh colored, 1 to 3 mm, follicular papules on the anterior chest, upper and lower extremities [Figure 1]. The rest of her cutaneous examination was within normal limits.

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