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Basaloid follicular hamartoma of the eyelid in a pediatric patient

PURPOSE: We report a case a pediatric patient with an eyelid lesion found to be a basaloid follicular hamartoma. OBSERVATIONS: A six-year-old female with juvenile diabetes who presented with a benign eyelid lesion harboring an aberrant eyelash. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPORTANCE: Basaloid follicular hamarto...

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Autores principales: Jedrzynski, Nicole, Plum, William, Tran, Ann Q., Tooley, Andrea A., Dowlatshahi, Mitra, Kazim, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7417745/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32803019
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2020.100855
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Sumario:PURPOSE: We report a case a pediatric patient with an eyelid lesion found to be a basaloid follicular hamartoma. OBSERVATIONS: A six-year-old female with juvenile diabetes who presented with a benign eyelid lesion harboring an aberrant eyelash. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPORTANCE: Basaloid follicular hamartoma is a rare benign neoplasm arising from hair follicles. These lesions can resemble basal cell carcinomas and require complete excision.