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Giant Pilomatrixoma Presenting in the Posterior Thorax, a Rare Location and the Largest Described
Pilomatrixoma is a common benign soft tissue neoplasm arising from hair follicle cells, typically not exceeding 3 cm and located mainly within the head and neck regions. Lesions greater than 3 cm or those located elsewhere are rare and are often not thought of or high on a differential diagnosis. Mo...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4339831/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25763287 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/590742 |
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author | Gongidi, P. Meshekow, J. Holdbrook, T. Germaine, P. |
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description | Pilomatrixoma is a common benign soft tissue neoplasm arising from hair follicle cells, typically not exceeding 3 cm and located mainly within the head and neck regions. Lesions greater than 3 cm or those located elsewhere are rare and are often not thought of or high on a differential diagnosis. Moreover, the radiographic features of pilomatrixoma are very nonspecific making the diagnosis even more difficult and rarely described in the radiology literature. We present the largest reported case of pilomatrixoma measuring 24 cm arising from the posterior thorax. Our hope is to increase awareness of this diagnosis for slow-growing soft tissue masses not located in the classically described locations of head and neck, explore the radiographic features on various imaging modalities, and review the current radiology literature. |
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spelling | pubmed-43398312015-03-11 Giant Pilomatrixoma Presenting in the Posterior Thorax, a Rare Location and the Largest Described Gongidi, P. Meshekow, J. Holdbrook, T. Germaine, P. Case Rep Radiol Case Report Pilomatrixoma is a common benign soft tissue neoplasm arising from hair follicle cells, typically not exceeding 3 cm and located mainly within the head and neck regions. Lesions greater than 3 cm or those located elsewhere are rare and are often not thought of or high on a differential diagnosis. Moreover, the radiographic features of pilomatrixoma are very nonspecific making the diagnosis even more difficult and rarely described in the radiology literature. We present the largest reported case of pilomatrixoma measuring 24 cm arising from the posterior thorax. Our hope is to increase awareness of this diagnosis for slow-growing soft tissue masses not located in the classically described locations of head and neck, explore the radiographic features on various imaging modalities, and review the current radiology literature. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-02-11 /pmc/articles/PMC4339831/ /pubmed/25763287 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/590742 Text en Copyright © 2015 P. Gongidi et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Gongidi, P. Meshekow, J. Holdbrook, T. Germaine, P. Giant Pilomatrixoma Presenting in the Posterior Thorax, a Rare Location and the Largest Described |
title | Giant Pilomatrixoma Presenting in the Posterior Thorax, a Rare Location and the Largest Described |
title_full | Giant Pilomatrixoma Presenting in the Posterior Thorax, a Rare Location and the Largest Described |
title_fullStr | Giant Pilomatrixoma Presenting in the Posterior Thorax, a Rare Location and the Largest Described |
title_full_unstemmed | Giant Pilomatrixoma Presenting in the Posterior Thorax, a Rare Location and the Largest Described |
title_short | Giant Pilomatrixoma Presenting in the Posterior Thorax, a Rare Location and the Largest Described |
title_sort | giant pilomatrixoma presenting in the posterior thorax, a rare location and the largest described |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4339831/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25763287 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/590742 |
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