title: Proliferating pilomatricoma: a subset of pilomatricoma.
abstract: Proliferating pilomatricoma is a histopathological entity that was proposed by Kaddu et al. in 1997. Proliferating pilomatricoma represents a distinctive histopathological entity; it should be differentiated from other benign and malignant neoplasms with features of hair matrix differentiation. Kaddu reported that an incompletely excised proliferating pilomatricoma may have a greater potential for local recurrence, because histopathologically it showed variable nuclear atypia and several mitotic figures. We report two patients with proliferating pilomatricoma and describe their clinical and pathological features.
authors: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Toho University Ohashi Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. prsnet@med.toho-u.ac.jp
authors: Atsuko
authors: A
authors: Sakai
authors: Yu
authors: Y
authors: Maruyama
authors: Akiteru
authors: A
authors: Hayashi
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006201:Hair Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D018296:Pilomatrixoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed