title: Pilomatricoma: a review of six pediatric cases with nine lesions.
abstract: Pilomatricoma, although rare, is the second most frequent benign skin tumor in childhood. It is a hard, painless, slowly progressing subcutaneous tumor that is commonly located in the head-neck region, especially periorbital, and in the upper extremities. Histopathologic characteristics are distinctive. In this study, we performed a retrospective review of the records of our pediatric patients with pilomatricoma. We discuss herein the diagnosis and management of this uncommon skin tumor, and compare our experience with the previous literature. Pilomatricoma should be included in the differential diagnosis of superficial pediatric head and neck masses by any physician involved with pediatric tumors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery, Kocatepe University Faculty of Medicine, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey.
authors.forename: Nurten
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Turhan-Haktanir
authors.forename: Yavuz
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Demir
authors.forename: Onder
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sahin
authors.forename: Ayşegül
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bükülmez
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tüzüner
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006201:Hair Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018296:Pilomatrixoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D055815:Young Adult