Korean J Dermatol.  2003 May;41(5):675-676.

A Case of Eruptive Vellus Hair Cyst: Facial Variant

• Park MS
• Nam YH
• Seo YJ
• Kim KH
• Suhr KB
• Lee JH
• Park JK

Abstract

Eruptive vellus hair cysts(EVHCs) are small, red or brown colored cystic papules that usually occur on the chest and proximal extremities of children and adults. Although EVHCs, facial variant, is rare and chracteristic in its location and color, histopathological findings of facial variant are not different from those of typical EVHC. We report a case of EVHC, facial variant which occured on the face of 23-year-old man with asymptomatic, bluish papules. The lesions first appeared at the age of 19 years and had increased in number thereafter.

Keyword

Eruptive vellus hair cysts; Facial variant

MeSH Terms

Adult
Child
Extremities
Hair*
Humans
Thorax
Young Adult