A Pilomatricoma Misdiagnosed as Male Breast Cancer
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Pilomatricoma in children: common but often misdiagnosed.
A pilomatricoma, also known as pilomatrixoma or calcifying epithelioma of Malherbe, is a benign skin tumor arising from the hair follicle matrix. This tumor is common in children and young adults, especially in the head and neck region. However, pilomatricomas are frequently misdiagnosed or not recognized. The history is typical of a slowly enlarging mass, irregularly contoured, it is fixed to ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1738-2637,2288-2928
DOI: 10.3348/jksr.2016.74.3.156