Aggressive pilomatricoma in childhood.
Pilomatricoma (calcifying epithelioma) is a benign tumor of the hair matrix cells that presents most frequently in childhood. Most are benign and slow growing and do not recur after excision. A small number of aggressive or malignant variants have been reported that recur if not widely excised. We report on an aggressive variant occurring in a 4-year-old boy and advise caution in treating cutaneous "cysts."
Inglefield
C J
CJ
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital, Scotland.
Muir
I F
IF
Gray
E S
ES
D002675:Child, Preschool; D006201:Hair Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D018296:Pilomatrixoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery