Pilomatricoma in a pediatric hospital.
Of 150 cases of pilomatricoma in Columbus (Ohio) Children's Hospital, nearly 45% were discovered before the age of 5 years and 80% were present by 10 years of age. Lesions involved the periorbital region in 17% of the cases; the upper lid and brow were involved most frequently. These lesions were frequently misdiagnosed: only two of the periorbital cases were correctly diagnosed prior to excisional biopsy.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery