MALIGNANT PILOMATRIXOMA: CASE REPORT AND LITERATURE REVIEW | Zendy

Duarte Victor M. | Zendy; Miller Mia E. | Zendy; Abasolo Peter A. | Zendy; St. John Maie | Zendy

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MALIGNANT PILOMATRIXOMA: CASE REPORT AND LITERATURE REVIEW

Author(s) -

Duarte Victor M.,

Miller Mia E.,

Abasolo Peter A.,

St. John Maie

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

the laryngoscope

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181

H-Index - 148

eISSN - 1531-4995

pISSN - 0023-852X

DOI - 10.1002/lary.21988

Subject(s) - miller , medicine , head and neck , general surgery , surgery , biology , ecology

4. Wide local excision should be performed if tolerated. The role of radiation therapy is unclear because of limited experience with treatment. A 60 year-old male presented with a history of a prior excision of a right temporal/pre-auricular pilomatrixoma. A 2x2 cm lesion recurred at the original site, and he was scheduled for elective re-resection 1 month later. When the patient presented to surgery, the lesion had tripled in size. Because of this rapid growth, the excision was deferred and repeat biopsy and further work-up with repeat imaging was performed. Biopsy was again consistent with pilomatrixoma.

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