Malignant pilomatricoma.
A 47-year-old woman presented with a nodular lesion in the left retroauricular area. The lesion was enucleated and a diagnosis of malignant pilomatricoma was made. This was treated by wide excision and no residual tumour was found. The patient remained disease-free at the 18 months follow-up.
Fujiwara
Takashi
T
Department of Plastic Surgery, Kansai Rosai Hospital, Amagasaki-city, Hyogo, Japan.
Yamamoto
Hiroshi
H
Hashiro
Makoto
M
D005260:Female; D006201:Hair Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D018296:Pilomatrixoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012535:Scalp; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery