• A disorder characterized by multiple, wide spread cutaneous cysts that often become inflamed and rupture. It is caused by the same mutations in the gene coding for KRT-17 that are causative mutations for Pachyonychia congenita, Type 2. Natal teeth involvement is sometimes associated with steatocystoma multiplex.
  NLM Medical Subject Headings
  U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
• Multiple, localized or widespread, asymptomatic or inflammatory dermal cysts involving the pilosebaceous units. Lesions can appear anywhere on the body, but steatocystoma multiplex is more commonly involved with those areas of the skin with a high density of developed pilosebaceous units (e.g., the axilla, groin, neck, and proximal extremities).
  Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
  The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2025
• First described by Jamieson in 1873, and coined by Pringle in 1899, steatocystoma multiplex (SM) is an uncommon disorder of the pilosebaceous unit characterized by the development of numerous sebum-containing dermal cysts. Although steatocystoma multiplex has historically been described as an autosomal dominant inherited disorder, most...
  Medscape
  WebMD, 2025
• Steatocystoma multiplex is a condition characterized by numerous skin cysts that tend to develop during puberty. Cysts most often develop on the chest, upper arms and face, but may develop all over the body in some cases. The cysts may become inflamed and cause scarring when they heal. The condition can be caused by mutations in the...
  NIH Genetic and Rare Diseases
  National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences