Pilomatricoma: An Unusual Presentation
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Vol. 26, No. 6, 2014 791 Received April 7, 2014, Revised June 25, 2014, Accepted for publication June 27, 2014 Corresponding author: Kun-Yong Sung, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, School of Medicine, Kangwon National University, 1 Gangwondaehak-gil, Chuncheon 200-701, Korea. Tel: 82-33-258-9494, Fax: 82-33-258-9437, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Fig. 1. (A) Preoperative photograph showing the semi-transparent bulla, sized approximately 2.5×3 cm, with a whitish nodule inside, located on the right upper back of the patient. (B) Appearance inside the bulla: a firm central tissue core, within a serous fluid-filled sac. http://dx.doi.org/10.5021/ad.2014.26.6.791
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