Multicameral Steatocystoma Simplex of the Caruncle.

Abstract

A yellow cyst of the caruncle in a 68-year-old man displayed the characteristic sebaceous glands and sebocytes of steatocystoma within the cyst wall, with a unique configuration of multiple branching compartments. The cyst lining was of trichilemmal character, lacking a keratohyalin granular layer, and replicated the immunohistochemical characteristics of a previously reported caruncular steatocystoma with the exception of a positive trichilemmal marker, calretinin, in the present case. Four previous cases of caruncular steatocystoma have been described, only one of which incorporated immunohistochemical analysis. Steatocystoma develops from a sebaceous gland duct, which displayed in this case multiple chambers subdividing what is usually a single round lumen.

• Authors: Norman C Charles, Frederick A Jakobiec, Pamela Sherwood, Irina Belinsky
• Journal: Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery (Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg) 2021 May-Jun 01 Vol. 37 Issue 3 Pg. e107-e109 ISSN: 1537-2677 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 33156142 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2020 The American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Inc.

Chemical References

• Biomarkers
• Calbindin 2

Topics

• Aged
• Biomarkers
• Calbindin 2
• Conjunctiva
• Epidermal Cyst
• Epidermis
• Humans
• Male