ArticleJournal of clinical ultrasound : JCU2018
Calcifying epithelioma of malherbe (Pilomatrixoma): Clinical and sonographic features.
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- Ultrasound Characterization of Spiradenoma: Case Report and Literature Review.Journal of clinical ultrasound : JCU · 2026Pooled it
- Pilomatricoma in an Octogenarian: A Case Report of an Exceptional Late-Life Presentation.The American journal of case reports · 2026Article
- Pilomatricoma in Syndromic Contexts: A Literature Review and a Report of a Case in Apert Syndrome.Dermatopathology (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Post-traumatic pilomatricoma presenting as rapidly enlarging pediatric scalp mass.Radiology case reports · 2024Article
- Pilomatricoma Located at the Identical Position in the Right Upper Limb of the Twins: A Rare Case Report.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology · 2024Article
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- Pilomatrixoma of the Male Breast: Case Report and Literature Review.Oman medical journal · 2023Article
- Top applications of dermatologic ultrasonography that can modify management.Ultrasonography (Seoul, Korea) · 2023Article
- Pilomatrixoma in the cheek: a clinical case report.Autopsy & case reports · 2022Article
- Pilomatricoma of the thigh: a case report.The Pan African medical journal · 2022Article
- Ultra-High-Frequency Ultrasound in the Evaluation of Paediatric Pilomatricoma Based on the Histopathologic Classification.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Article
- Pilomatricomas in a patient with Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome: diagnostic and therapeutic clues.Therapeutic advances in rare diseaseArticle
- Pilomatrix Carcinoma: A Benign-Mimic with Malignant Consequences - A Case Report and Review of the Current Literature.Case reports in dermatologyArticle
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Abstract
purposeThe purpose of this study was to describe the clinical and sonographic features of calcifying epitheliomas (pilomatrixomas).
methodsWe retrospectively reviewed the clinical data and sonographic appearances of 59 cases of calcifying epitheliomas in 58 patients that were confirmed pathologically.
resultsThe mean age of the patients was 26 years (range, 5-69 years) and the female-to-male ratio was 1.2. All masses were located in subcutaneous soft tissues. Overall, 76.3% of the cases were located in the head and neck; the mean tumor size was 13 mm, and 72.9% of the cases were between 10 and 20 mm in size. Of the lesions, 62.7% were hypoechoic masses with internal calcifications, and 74.6% of them showed low or moderate internal vascularity on Doppler imaging.
conclusionsThe diagnosis of calcifying epithelioma should be considered in a patient with a painless, circumscribed, oval-shaped hypoechoic mass with internal calcifications and internal vascularity in the subcutaneous soft tissues of the head or neck. The mass may be small and have well-defined margins, with hypoechogenicity. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 46:3-7, 2018.
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