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Brooke's tumour (medicine)


Brooke's tumour -->
trichoepithelioma
<tumour> Multiple small benign nodules, occurring mostly on the skin of the face, derived from basal cells of hair follicles enclosing small keratin cysts; frequent autosomal dominant inheritance.

Synonym: acanthoma adenoides cysticum, Brooke's tumour, epithelioma adenoides cysticum, hereditary multiple trichoepithelioma.

Origin: tricho-+ epithelioma