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Multiple Pilomatricoma in a Middle-Aged Woman
Pilomatricomas are rare skin tumors related to hair follicles. They typically present in children, and the most common locations are head and neck. Pilomatricomas are usually painless; however, they can cause cosmetic problems. Treatment is decided on an individual basis and involves local excision....
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8565392/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34754640 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18475 |
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author | Muhammad, Shoaib Yousaf, Amman Atiq, Aribah Munir, Ahmed Alam, Syed I |
author_facet | Muhammad, Shoaib Yousaf, Amman Atiq, Aribah Munir, Ahmed Alam, Syed I |
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description | Pilomatricomas are rare skin tumors related to hair follicles. They typically present in children, and the most common locations are head and neck. Pilomatricomas are usually painless; however, they can cause cosmetic problems. Treatment is decided on an individual basis and involves local excision. However, caution should be taken if the lesion is malignant, as resection with safe margins (0.5-1.0 cm) is determinant of the overall outcome. Radiotherapy is indicated in cases of residual tumor tissue or recurrence. The role of chemotherapy in pilomatricomas is still undetermined. We report a 55-year-old female with multiple lumps on her shoulder and back. The sonographic features of these lesions were typically consistent with pilomatricomas. The patient decided to opt for excision due to cosmetic reasons and the histopathology features were suggestive of pilomatricoma. |
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spelling | pubmed-85653922021-11-08 Multiple Pilomatricoma in a Middle-Aged Woman Muhammad, Shoaib Yousaf, Amman Atiq, Aribah Munir, Ahmed Alam, Syed I Cureus Dermatology Pilomatricomas are rare skin tumors related to hair follicles. They typically present in children, and the most common locations are head and neck. Pilomatricomas are usually painless; however, they can cause cosmetic problems. Treatment is decided on an individual basis and involves local excision. However, caution should be taken if the lesion is malignant, as resection with safe margins (0.5-1.0 cm) is determinant of the overall outcome. Radiotherapy is indicated in cases of residual tumor tissue or recurrence. The role of chemotherapy in pilomatricomas is still undetermined. We report a 55-year-old female with multiple lumps on her shoulder and back. The sonographic features of these lesions were typically consistent with pilomatricomas. The patient decided to opt for excision due to cosmetic reasons and the histopathology features were suggestive of pilomatricoma. Cureus 2021-10-04 /pmc/articles/PMC8565392/ /pubmed/34754640 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18475 Text en Copyright © 2021, Muhammad 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. |
spellingShingle | Dermatology Muhammad, Shoaib Yousaf, Amman Atiq, Aribah Munir, Ahmed Alam, Syed I Multiple Pilomatricoma in a Middle-Aged Woman |
title | Multiple Pilomatricoma in a Middle-Aged Woman |
title_full | Multiple Pilomatricoma in a Middle-Aged Woman |
title_fullStr | Multiple Pilomatricoma in a Middle-Aged Woman |
title_full_unstemmed | Multiple Pilomatricoma in a Middle-Aged Woman |
title_short | Multiple Pilomatricoma in a Middle-Aged Woman |
title_sort | multiple pilomatricoma in a middle-aged woman |
topic | Dermatology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8565392/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34754640 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18475 |
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