INDIAN JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY, vol.66, no.6, pp.674-676, 2021 (SCI-Expanded)
Folliculosebaceous cystic hamartoma (FSCH) is a rare cutaneous hamartoma that consists of
follicular, sebaceous, and mesenchymal elements. These lesions are mostly seen on the central
face and scalp of adults and mostly present as single 0.5-1.5 cm papules or exophytic nodules.
A 17-year-old female patient presented at our clinic with the complaint of swelling, pain and
discharge in front of the left ear, which had been recurrent since childhood. The lesion was
clinically suspected to be an infected preauriculer sinus cyst. After the medical treatment,
the patient was operated on with a pre-diagnosis of preauricular sinus cyst. Histopathological
findings revealed FSCH. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of FSCH
originating from the preauricular region, located subcutaneously