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 mul´tiplex development of numerous steatocystomas; often an autosomal dominant disorder chiefly affecting males at birth or presenting about the time of puberty.
steatocystoma mul·ti·plex (m l t -pl ks )n. Widespread, multiple, thin-walled cysts of the skin, lined by squamous epithelium, and including lobules of sebaceous cells. |
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