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We report 14 cases of trichogerminoma, a rare form. of cutaneous adnexal neoplasm, derived from hair germ epithelium. The neoplasm occurred in 9 men and 5 women. Their ages ranged from 16 to 73 years (median 53 years). The tumors were slow growing, asymptomatic dermal or subcutaneous nodules, located on the head and neck (6), trunk (4), extremities (2) and hip (1), with no distinguishing clinical features. Histologically, trichogerminomas were characterized by sharply circumscribed, pseudo-encap...
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