title: Pilomatricoma: an unusual dermatologic neoplasm.
abstract: Pilomatricoma is typically an isolated benign tumor of the hair follicle matrix with very low incidence, recurrence, and initial diagnostic accuracy. This report presents a case of a pilomatricoma of the left chest that was initially ignored due to the limited extent of access to medical care in Palau, and subsequent treatment for cervical cancer. The paper helps to emphasize the importance of a vast differential diagnosis, especially in those patients from the Pacific Islands.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI 96859, USA. daniel.c.derosa@us.army.mil
authors.forename: Daniel C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: DeRosa
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lin-Hurtubise
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D057210:Delayed Diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006201:Hair Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010139:Pacific Islands; D019029:Palau; D018296:Pilomatrixoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology
keywords: CTNNB1; Pilomatricoma; calcifying epithelioma of Malherbe; pilomatrixoma