1. Aggressive pilomatrixoma of the infra-auricular area: a case report.
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Saussez S, Mahillon V, Blaivie C, Haller A, Chantrain G, and Thill MP
- Subjects
- Adolescent, Diagnosis, Differential, Ear Neoplasms surgery, Hair Diseases surgery, Humans, Male, Neoplasm Staging, Pilomatrixoma surgery, Skin Neoplasms surgery, Ear Neoplasms pathology, Hair Diseases pathology, Pilomatrixoma pathology, Skin Neoplasms pathology
- Abstract
Although pilomatrixomas are well known among dermatologists and dermatopathologists, head and neck surgeons confronted with these lesions in the infra-auricular region do not consider this benign neoplasm in the differential diagnosis. Aggressive pilomatrixoma is a benign tumor of the hair matrix cells affecting mainly children. Histologically, the border between aggressive pilomatrixoma and pilomatrix carcinoma is still not clear. We report the case of a 15-year-old Turkish boy suffering from an aggressive pilomatrixoma of the infra-auricular region and review the literature about this unclear entity.
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- 2005
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