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Hair follicle neoplasm

MedGen UID:
167814
Concept ID:
C0859920
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Hair Follicle Neoplasm; hair follicle neoplasm; hair follicle neoplasm (disease); Hair Follicle Tumor; hair follicle tumor; hair follicle tumour; Hair Matrix Neoplasm; hair matrix neoplasm; Hair matrix tumor; Hair Matrix Tumor; hair matrix tumor; hair matrix tumour; Neoplasm of Hair Follicle; neoplasm of hair follicle; Neoplasm of the Hair Follicle; neoplasm of the hair follicle; tumor of hair follicle; tumour of hair follicle
SNOMED CT: Hair matrix tumor (44155009)
 
HPO: HP:0012843
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0003413

Definition

An uncontrolled autonomous cell-proliferation originating in a hair follicle, which is an epidermal adnexal structures responsible for hair growth. [from HPO]

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Wikramanayake TC, Haberland NI, Akhundlu A, Laboy Nieves A, Miteva M
Curr Oncol 2023 Mar 25;30(4):3609-3626. doi: 10.3390/curroncol30040275. PMID: 37185388Free PMC Article
Goodman NF, Cobin RH, Futterweit W, Glueck JS, Legro RS, Carmina E; American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE); American College of Endocrinology (ACE); Androgen Excess and PCOS Society (AES)
Endocr Pract 2015 Nov;21(11):1291-300. doi: 10.4158/EP15748.DSC. PMID: 26509855
Hohl A, Ronsoni MF, Oliveira Md
Arq Bras Endocrinol Metabol 2014 Mar;58(2):97-107. doi: 10.1590/0004-2730000002923. PMID: 24830586

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Etiology

Allaoui M, Hubert E, Michels JJ
Turk Patoloji Derg 2014;30(1):66-8. doi: 10.5146/tjpath.2013.01205. PMID: 24448707

Diagnosis

Allaoui M, Hubert E, Michels JJ
Turk Patoloji Derg 2014;30(1):66-8. doi: 10.5146/tjpath.2013.01205. PMID: 24448707

Clinical prediction guides

Allaoui M, Hubert E, Michels JJ
Turk Patoloji Derg 2014;30(1):66-8. doi: 10.5146/tjpath.2013.01205. PMID: 24448707

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