title: Perforating pilomatricoma in a 62-year-old female: a rare case report.
abstract: Pilomatricoma presents as a single, slow-growing, painless, superficial mass arising from the hair matrix cells, over the hair-bearing areas of the body, especially the head and neck. Perforating pilomatricoma is a rare variant of pilomatricoma presenting as crusted or ulcerated nodule. Here, we report a case of 62-year-old female presenting with rapidly growing noduloulcerative lesion on the left cheek, which on histopathology showed perforating pilomatricoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and STD, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong, Meghalaya, India.
authors.forename: Binod Kumar
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Thakur
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and STD, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong, Meghalaya, India.
authors.forename: Shikha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Verma
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong, Meghalaya, India.
authors.forename: Jaya
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mishra
keywords: Histopathology; noduloulcerative; perforating pilomatricoma