title: Malignant pilomatrixoma with multiple local recurrences and distant metastases: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Malignant pilomatrixoma is a rare malignant tumour of the hair matrix, which was first described in 1980. Only five patients with distant metastases have been reported. We report a sixth case with metastatic disease in a 52-year-old male, who also developed multiple local recurrences. We also review the previous five cases.
authors.affiliation: The Meyerstein Institute of Oncology, UCLH, London, UK.
authors.forename: N G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Mikhaeel
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Spittle
mesh_terms: D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D018296:Pilomatrixoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D013848:Thigh