A Case of the Facial Variant of Eruptive Vellus Hair Cyst / 대한피부과학회지

Eruptive vellus hair cysts (EVHC) are characterized by multiple, small, discrete red or brown colored papules that usually occur on the chest and extremities. Their etiology is unknown. A variant form of EVHC that occur exclusively on the face is rare and it is very characteristic for its location and color. We report here on a facial variant of EVHC that occurred on the face of 23-year-old woman with asymptomatic, skin-colored to bluish tiny papules. The lesions first appeared at the age of 22-years.

A Case of Eruptive Vellus Hair Cyst: Facial Variant / 대한피부과학회지

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.