Medical Definition of Brooke's tumour
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Multiple small benign nodules, occurring mostly on the skin of the face, derived from basal cells of hair follicles enclosing small keratin cysts; frequent autosomal dominant inheritance.
Synonym: acanthoma adenoides cysticum, Brooke's tumour, epithelioma adenoides cysticum, hereditary multiple trichoepithelioma.
Origin: tricho-+ epithelioma
(05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brooke's Tumour
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