Proliferating pilomatricoma in a 9-year-old girl

Lindsay McCormack; Apoorva Trivedi; Karan Lal; Shinya Amano; Zendee Rose P Elaba; Joyce McIntyre; Karen Wiss

doi:10.1111/pde.14386

Proliferating pilomatricoma in a 9-year-old girl

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

Authors

Lindsay McCormack¹, 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}

Affiliations

¹ University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
² Department of Dermatology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
³ Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.

PMID: 32985708
DOI: 10.1111/pde.14386

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Child
Female
Hair Diseases* / diagnosis
Hair Diseases* / surgery
Humans
Pilomatrixoma* / diagnosis
Pilomatrixoma* / surgery
Skin Neoplasms* / diagnosis
Skin Neoplasms* / surgery