Pilomatrixoma of Earlobe

Pilomatrixomas are uncommon in children and are frequently misdiagnosed preoperatively. We report a two-year-old female patient with an unusual localization in the earlobe. The lesion was treated by simple enucleation and in two years of follow-up there has been no evidence of recurrence. The case i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Jallouli, Mohamed, Yengui, Houssem, Khabir, Abdelmajid, Mhiri, Riadh
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2840921/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20300371
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2077.53099
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Sumario:Pilomatrixomas are uncommon in children and are frequently misdiagnosed preoperatively. We report a two-year-old female patient with an unusual localization in the earlobe. The lesion was treated by simple enucleation and in two years of follow-up there has been no evidence of recurrence. The case is being reported in view of its rarity and unusual location.

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