proliferating pilomatricoma is a distinctive rare variant of pilomatricoma first described in 1997.very few cases of proliferating pilomatricoma have been reported in the literature until date. this report is a case of 65 years old male presenting with hard nodular lump on the right side of neck slowly increasing in size for the last 8 months. wide excision of the lump was performed with clear ...

To be true, the name of this specific pathological lesion is not widely encountered in our dayto- day surgical practice, but still, pilomatricoma or pilomatrixoma notifiable skin neoplasm for which diagnosis can made histopathological and only after an adequate excision. This case report a 23-year-old young female medical student who presented with swelling neck, that histopathologically diagno...

Malignant pilomatricoma or pilomatrical carcinoma is a rare malignant hair follicle neoplasm. This tumor is locally aggressive with increased tendency to recur, but a low metastatic potential. Its histopathological diagnosis is difficult and based on a detailed evaluation of the infiltrative nature, the importance of the mummified and necrotic cell component, atypical mitoses, and perineural or...

MT, San Juan J, López D, Carda C. Matrical carcinoma with prominent melanocytic hyperplasia (malignant melanocytic matricoma?). A report of two cases. Am J Dermatopathol. 2003; 25:485-9. 9. Rizzardi C, Melato M. Simply, the point is that pathologists should bear in mind melanocytic matricoma. Am J Dermatopathol. 2003;25:447. 10. Resnik KS. Isn’t melanocytic matricoma simply one expected histopa...

is a benign, usually asymptomatic tumor arising from hair follicular matrix cells. It is usually a solitary lesion and is most commonly found on the face and upper extremities, appearing as a firm, dermal nodule covered by the normal skin. Although the tumor can occur in patients of any age, about 60% of pilomatricomas are found in those aged less than twenty (1, 2). Most cases involve a single...

Pilomatricomas can be confidently diagnosed cytologically due to their characteristic cytomorphological features. However, these lesions are rarely encountered by cytopathologists and thus pose a diagnostic dilemma to even experienced individuals, especially when the lesions are focally sampled. We describe two cases of histologically confirmed pilomatricoma. The first case is of a 13-year-old ...