steatocystoma /ste·a·to·cys·to·ma/ (ste″ah-to-sis-to´mah) an epidermal cyst having an intricately infolded thin epidermal lining, without a granular layer, containing an oily liquid and often abortive hair follicles, lanugo hair, and sebaceous apocrine, or eccrine, glands.
steatocystoma [ste″ah-to-sis-to´mah]
steatocystoma mul´tiplex development of numerous steatocystomas; often an autosomal dominant disorder chiefly affecting males at birth or presenting about the time of puberty.
ste·a·to·cys·to·ma (st   -t -s -st m)n. 1. A cyst with cells of a sebaceous gland in its wall. 2. See sebaceous cyst. |
steatocystoma [ste″ah-to-sis-to´mah]
an epithelial cyst.
steatocystoma mul´tiplex steatomatosis, a rare hereditary condition in which multiple cutaneous epithelial cysts containing oily liquid, abortive hair follicles, and sebaceous glands occur on the trunk and limbs.
steatocystoma
a human term for an epithelial cyst.
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