Hand Pilomatrixoma: A Rare Localization

Pilomatrixoma, also known as calcified epithelioma of Malherbe, is the most common tumor of the hair follicle. It is a benign tumor in a young adult. Pilomatrixoma is most commonly located in the head and neck. It is usually misdiagnosed and confused with other skin lesions. The authors report a rar...

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Autores principales: Sellal, Nabila, El Hfid, Mohamed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Dermatology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10237512/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37273305
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.38492
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description Pilomatrixoma, also known as calcified epithelioma of Malherbe, is the most common tumor of the hair follicle. It is a benign tumor in a young adult. Pilomatrixoma is most commonly located in the head and neck. It is usually misdiagnosed and confused with other skin lesions. The authors report a rare localization of this tumor in the left hand in a 40-year-old patient treated surgically without recurrence after four years of follow-up.
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spelling pubmed-102375122023-06-03 Hand Pilomatrixoma: A Rare Localization Sellal, Nabila El Hfid, Mohamed Cureus Dermatology Pilomatrixoma, also known as calcified epithelioma of Malherbe, is the most common tumor of the hair follicle. It is a benign tumor in a young adult. Pilomatrixoma is most commonly located in the head and neck. It is usually misdiagnosed and confused with other skin lesions. The authors report a rare localization of this tumor in the left hand in a 40-year-old patient treated surgically without recurrence after four years of follow-up. Cureus 2023-05-03 /pmc/articles/PMC10237512/ /pubmed/37273305 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.38492 Text en Copyright © 2023, Sellal et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title Hand Pilomatrixoma: A Rare Localization
title_full Hand Pilomatrixoma: A Rare Localization
title_fullStr Hand Pilomatrixoma: A Rare Localization
title_full_unstemmed Hand Pilomatrixoma: A Rare Localization
title_short Hand Pilomatrixoma: A Rare Localization
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topic Dermatology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10237512/
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