Summary:
A 25 years old male attended the skin & VD outpatient
department of Khulna Medical College Hospital on 16th
June, 2013 with complaints of multiple asymptomatic small
rounded firm, cystic nodules that are adherent to the
overlying skin of scortum. The microscopic examination
of the cystic nodules showed the features of steatocystoma
multiplex. This disorder, although it is asymptomatic, is a
CASE REPORTS
cosmetic threat to the patient. Only a few cases of the patients
with an autosomal dominant mutation, who had keratin
17; have been reported. We are reporting here a case of
steatocystoma multiplex of scortum in a 25 years old male
along with review of literature.
Key words: Steatocystoma multiplex, Genetic disorder.
(J Banagladesh Coll Phys Surg 2015; 33: 218-221)