Volume : 7, Issue : 11, November - 2018

PILOMATRIXOMA - THE GHOST A SURGEON SHOULD REMEMBER

Dr. Abhinav Balaji, Dr. R. Vimala, Dr. P. Balaji, Dr. R. V. Ramanakumar

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;&#10;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;&#10;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:HI">Pilomatricoma or pilomatrixoma or calcifying epithelioma of Malherbe are commonly misdiagnosed, benign neoplasms of the skin, thought to arise from hair follicle matrix cells and represent 0.12% of all skin tumors. Pilomatricomas usually develop slowly and most frequently appear as solitary, firm nodules, exhibiting a normal to pearl white epidermis and calcium deposits are present in more than 50% of the lesions giving them the name as calcifying epithelioma.&nbsp; In this article we describe a series of 4 cases of pilomatricoma arising near the left shoulder, neck, elbow and one along the left supra-clavicular region. 3 were males and one was a lady and were in the age group of 16 to 62 years</span></p>