Pilomatrixoma—calcifying epithelioma (malherbe)
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Epithelioma of Malherbe: new ultrasound patterns
BACKGROUND Calcifying epithelioma of Malherbe, or Pilomatricoma, is considered an uncommon cutaneous neoplasia, normally occurring in children as a solitary, firm, asymptomatic, hard, subcutaneous, slowly growing nodule on the face, neck, or proximal upper extremity. In literature, two Pilomatricoma ultrasound patterns are described: the totally calcified nodule and the hypoechoic nodule with i...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Pathology
سال: 1969
ISSN: 0031-3025
DOI: 10.3109/00313026909061045