PILOMATRIXOMA - THE GHOST A SURGEON SHOULD REMEMBER

DR.ABHINAV BALAJI; DR.R.VIMALA; DR.P.BALAJI; DR.R.V.RAMANAKUMAR

Volume : VII, Issue : XI, November - 2018

PILOMATRIXOMA - THE GHOST A SURGEON SHOULD REMEMBER

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

Abstract :

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. 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