The patient was one of the three affected siblings, born of a second degree consanguineous marriage in a family with four children. While the eldest sister was unaffected, the patient’s second sister and a younger brother were similarly afflicted by the disease. Subsequently on a four-year follow-up, the patient developed multiple cutaneous tumors on the face simultaneously, which included a co...

Introduction: Pilomatrixoma are benign skin neoplasms of hair follicle origin but often are misdiagnosed. They present as superficial masses of the head and neck especially in children. This present study is aimed at pointing to awareness among the clinicians as well as the pathologists about the varied presentations and morphological features of the entity. Case Series: Five cases were include...

A ten-year-old male neutered cross breed dog presented for evaluation of a mass associated with the left scapular bone, identified as a carcinoma. The dog had a malignant pilomatricoma removed from the left lateral thigh 6 months earlier. Histopathology review of the cutaneous and scapular mass identified the same tumour type, confirming metastatic disease; additional metastases to the inguinal...

A 16-year-old girl with three months history of hard swelling on her left shoulder was admitted to our clinic. The mass emerged 3 months ago and bullous formation associated swelling appeared during the last month. There was no trauma history. Family and past medical history was unremarkable. Systemic examination was normal. Physical examination revealed no regional lymphadenopathy. In dermatol...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Pilomatricoma is the second most common skin tumor in childhood and youth and it has a broad differential diagnosis. The main objective of the present study was to determine the incidence of pilomatricomas in our hospital and to analyze the following variables: patient age and sex, tumor site, symptoms, previous trauma, clinical diagnosis, associated diseases, number...