Pilomatricoma of the Subauricular Region: Report of Case
Journal of the Korean Association of Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
;
: 582-587, 2010.
Article
in Korean
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| ID: wpr-785019
ABSTRACT
Pilomatricoma or calcifying epithelioma is a benign tumor of hair follicle origin. Pilomatricoma presents a slowly enlarged and asymptomatic mass that located dermal or subdermal area. It showed mostly on face and upper limb and head and neck represents 50% of all case. And it developed almostly in the first 2 decade of life. Histologically, encapsulated mass composed of solid small basophilic cells and eosinophilic ghost cells. Surgical excision is the treatment choice and rarely recurs. The purpose of this article is to represent of pilomatricoma on subauricular region that treated with mass excision and local transpositional flap. Althrough the presurgical diagnosis of pilomatricoma may be difficult, clinicians must keep in mind the differential of head and neck masses that located subdermal layers.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Basophils
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Carcinoma
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Pilomatrixoma
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Hair Follicle
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Upper Extremity
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Eosinophils
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Head
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Neck
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Association of Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
Year:
2010
Type:
Article
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