FOLLICULOSEBACEOUS CYSTIC HAMARTOMA

Although folliculosebaceous cystic hamartoma (FCH) is an uncommon cuta neous entity with distinct classical and variant histopathologic featu res, it lacks distinctive typifying clinical features. Since the origi nal description of five cases of FCH by Kimura et al,(1) in 1991, 12 c ases have been documented. We report a further case of FCH presenting as facial lesion in a 35 year old African male. FCH comprises prominen t epithelial and mesenchymal components. The epithelial component is c haracterised by folliculosebaceous proliferation with cyst-like infund ibular dilatation, and the mesenchymal component exhibits variable fib roplasia? vascular and neural proliferation and adipocyte metaplasia, Awareness of the lesion is important to avoid confusion with other cys tic or cyst-like cutaneous lesions that contain prominent epithelial f olliculosebaceous and variable mesenchymal components.