Pilomatricoma: a retrospective study of 399 cases / 临床耳鼻咽喉头颈外科杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE@#To study the clinical and pathological features of pilomatricoma.@*METHOD@#The authors retrospectively investigated the clinical and pathological materials of 399 patients with pilomatricoma.@*RESULT@#Single lesion occurred in most patients (99%) and 56.39% of them were younger than 30 years. The male-female ratio was 11.33. The lesions which sizes average 1.22 cm were commonly emerged in the head, neck, and upper extremity.@*CONCLUSION@#Pilomatricoma is a slowly developed benign cutaneous tumour, but it can aggravate sometimes. It's manifestation is diversed and easily misdiagnosed. Early complete excision is recommended for hard or tenacious nodules on head, neck and upper extremity.