Perforationg Pilomatricoma Causing a Cutaneous Horn.
10.5021/ad.1998.10.2.105
- Author:
Tae Hoon KIM
;
Jeong Woo LEE
;
Jae Bok JUN
;
Do Won KIM
;
Sang Lip CHUNG
;
Seok Jong LEE
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Horny projection;
Perforation;
Pilomatricoma
- MeSH:
Animals;
Arm;
Basophils;
Child, Preschool;
Epidermis;
Epithelial Cells;
Female;
Hair;
Horns*;
Humans;
Islands;
Pilomatrixoma*
- From:Annals of Dermatology
1998;10(2):105-107
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Pilomatricoma is a benign tumor differentiating towards the hair matrix. Perforation may rarely take place with extrusion of part of the contents. A 3-year-old girl presented with a 5×6 mm sized, erythematous, elevated and indurated mass with a tiny horny projection on its surface, on her righ,t upper arm. It had been present for one year. Histopathologically, there were several islands of epithelial cells in the upper to mid-dermis composed of basophilic, shadow and transitional cells. A few tumor islands adjacent to the epidermis were in the course of a characteristic transepithelial elimination process.
