title: Growth hormone therapy in boy with panhypopituitarism may induce pilomatricoma recurrence: case report.
abstract: Pilomatricoma is usually a solitary subcutaneous nodule. Recurrence of the nodule after surgical excision is very rare. Pilomatricoma occurrence in patients with growth hormone (GH) deficiency has not been reported, yet. We report a 14-year-old boy with pilomatricoma and panhypopituitarism. After GH therapy had been started, we observed two relapses of previously completely excised pilomatricoma in the same location and a new pilomatricoma formation on the chin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Silesian Medical University in Zabrze, Poland. smina@poczta.onet.pl
authors.forename: Joanna M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Oswiecimska
authors.forename: Katarzyna T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Ziora
authors.forename: Karolina N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Ziora
authors.forename: Malgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pindycka-Piaszczynska
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zajecki
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pikiewicz-Koch
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stojewska
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006201:Hair Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007018:Hypopituitarism / Q000188:drug therapy*; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis; D018296:Pilomatrixoma / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D013006:Growth Hormone