title: Pilomatrixoma breast mimicking carcinoma.
abstract: A 50-year-old male with a painless progressively increasing lump of right breast, misdiagnosed on fine needle aspiration cytology as carcinoma breast, operated for modified radical mastectomy, is presented here. Histopathology of the resected specimen revealed pilomatrixoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Mst. 5, Mountain Field Ambulance, Azad Kashmir/ CMH, Hyderabad. surgeons786@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Mujahid Zulfiqar
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: Farzana Zulfiqar
authors.initials: FZ
authors.lastname: Ali
mesh_terms: D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D018567:Breast Neoplasms, Male / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006201:Hair Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015409:Mastectomy, Radical; D008875:Middle Aged; D018296:Pilomatrixoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery