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Review
. 2009 Oct;163(10):955-6.
doi: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.163-a.

Picture of the month. Eyelid pilomatricoma

Leslie Castelo-Soccio  1 , William R Katowitz, James A Katowitz, Kara N Shah, James R Treat, Albert C Yan
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Review

Picture of the month. Eyelid pilomatricoma

Leslie Castelo-Soccio et al. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2009 Oct.
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Figures

Figure 2
Figure 2
Patient 1 (A) and patient 2 (B) following oculoplastic excision and repair.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Calcified pilomatricoma.
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