Cock’s peculiar tumor is
a) Basal cell CA
b) Squamous cell CA
c) Ulcerated sebaceous cyst
d) Cylindroma
Correct Answer - C
Ulcerated sebaceous cyst [Ref. Love & Bailey 23/e page 173, 595;
Das text book of Surgery3/e p81] Repeat from May 04
Cock’s peculiar tumour is a sebaceous cyst linked growth that can
resemble a squamous cell carcinoma.
The proliferating cyst is usually solitary, but it often arises from a
simple trichilemmal cysts in the hair follicle epithelium