title: Pilomatricoma: a retrospective study.
abstract: A study of 53 Pakistani patients with pilomatricoma diagnosed at AFIP during 1985-1989 is presented. It constituted 37.2% of all benign adnexal tumors, during the same period. 56.2% of patients were more than 30 years of age. Differences in site, sex, and age distribution from Western reports were observed. Unusual clinical presentations were also noted. This study outlines the clinicopathologic features of pilomatricoma in Pakistan.
authors.affiliation: Department of Histopathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.forename: I U
authors.initials: IU
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Rehman
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Zubairi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010154:Pakistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*