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Malherbe's Calcifying Epithelioma (Pilomatrixoma): An Uncommon Periocular Tumor

Benign calcifying epithelioma of Malherbe or pilomatrixoma or pilomatricoma is an uncommon lesion of the periocular tissues, arising from the matrix cells at the base of the hair. In the periocular area, it usually arises from the lids and eyebrows. Pilomatrixoma has certain characteristic clinical...

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Autores principales: Ali, Mohammad Javed, Honavar, Santosh G, Naik, Milind N, Vemuganti, Geeta K
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3129122/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21769234
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-7753.82134
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author Ali, Mohammad Javed
Honavar, Santosh G
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description Benign calcifying epithelioma of Malherbe or pilomatrixoma or pilomatricoma is an uncommon lesion of the periocular tissues, arising from the matrix cells at the base of the hair. In the periocular area, it usually arises from the lids and eyebrows. Pilomatrixoma has certain characteristic clinical and histopathologic features, but since it is not commonly suspected preoperatively, certain distinctive clinical features of tumor should suggest clinical diagnosis followed by histopathologic confirmation.
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spelling pubmed-31291222011-07-18 Malherbe's Calcifying Epithelioma (Pilomatrixoma): An Uncommon Periocular Tumor Ali, Mohammad Javed Honavar, Santosh G Naik, Milind N Vemuganti, Geeta K Int J Trichology Case Report Benign calcifying epithelioma of Malherbe or pilomatrixoma or pilomatricoma is an uncommon lesion of the periocular tissues, arising from the matrix cells at the base of the hair. In the periocular area, it usually arises from the lids and eyebrows. Pilomatrixoma has certain characteristic clinical and histopathologic features, but since it is not commonly suspected preoperatively, certain distinctive clinical features of tumor should suggest clinical diagnosis followed by histopathologic confirmation. Medknow Publications 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3129122/ /pubmed/21769234 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-7753.82134 Text en Copyright: © International Journal of Trichology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Ali, Mohammad Javed
Honavar, Santosh G
Naik, Milind N
Vemuganti, Geeta K
Malherbe's Calcifying Epithelioma (Pilomatrixoma): An Uncommon Periocular Tumor
title Malherbe's Calcifying Epithelioma (Pilomatrixoma): An Uncommon Periocular Tumor
title_full Malherbe's Calcifying Epithelioma (Pilomatrixoma): An Uncommon Periocular Tumor
title_fullStr Malherbe's Calcifying Epithelioma (Pilomatrixoma): An Uncommon Periocular Tumor
title_full_unstemmed Malherbe's Calcifying Epithelioma (Pilomatrixoma): An Uncommon Periocular Tumor
title_short Malherbe's Calcifying Epithelioma (Pilomatrixoma): An Uncommon Periocular Tumor
title_sort malherbe's calcifying epithelioma (pilomatrixoma): an uncommon periocular tumor
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3129122/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21769234
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-7753.82134
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