Korean Journal of Head & Neck Oncology (대한두경부종양학회지)

The Korean Society for Head and Neck Oncology (대한두경부종양학회)
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Two Cases of Non-Calcifying Pilomatrixoma in Elderly Individuals

성인에서 발생한 비석회화 모기질종 2예

  • Lee Dong-Hee (Department of Otolaryngology-HNS, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine) ;
  • Jun Beom-Cho (Department of Otolaryngology-HNS, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine) ;
  • Song Chang-Eun (Department of Otolaryngology-HNS, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine) ;
  • Im Dong-Jae (Department of Otolaryngology-HNS, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine)
  • 이동희 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실) ;
  • 전범조 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실) ;
  • 송창은 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실) ;
  • 임동재 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실)
  • Published : 2006.05.01
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Abstract

Pilomatrixoma is an unusual benign cutaneous tumor, originating from precursor cells that normally differentiate into hair matrix cells. The majority of pilomatrixoma is seen in the first two decades of life, and they are extremely rare in older patients. Thus, pilomatrixoma is often not considered in the clinical differential diagnosis of solitary, firm nodules in older adults. Most present as firm, solid nodules in the head and neck region. We present two cases of a non-calcifying pilomatrixoma in older patients. One lesion arose from the upper neck in 54 year-old male and the other from the cavum concha of left ear in 35 year-old male.

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