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Case Reports
. 2020 Nov;37(6):1187-1188.
doi: 10.1111/pde.14386. Epub 2020 Sep 28.

Proliferating pilomatricoma in a 9-year-old girl

Lindsay McCormack  1 , Apoorva Trivedi  1   2 , Karan Lal  1   2 , Shinya Amano  1   2 , Zendee Rose P Elaba  1   2 , Joyce McIntyre  1   3 , Karen Wiss  1   2   4
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Case Reports

Proliferating pilomatricoma in a 9-year-old girl

Lindsay McCormack et al. Pediatr Dermatol. 2020 Nov.

Abstract

Proliferating pilomatricoma is a rare, benign tumor of hair matrix origin that rarely occurs in children. We report the case of a 9-year-old girl with a rapidly growing, proliferating pilomatricoma located on the glabella. The lesion was embolized and surgically excised, with histopathological examination of the tissue confirming the diagnosis of proliferating pilomatricoma.

Keywords: Benign Neoplasms; children; pilomatrixoma; proliferating pilomatricoma.

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