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CC BY 4.0 · Journal of Health and Allied Sciences NU 2023; 13(03): 440-442
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1758035
Case Report

Giant Sternal Pilomatricoma: An Unusual Tumor at an Uncommon Site

Authors

  • Abhijith Sudhakar Shetty

    1   Department of General Surgery, K S Hegde Medical Academy of Nitte (Deemed to be University), Mangalore, Karnataka, India

  • Kishan Prasad HL

    2   Department of Pathology, K S Hegde Medical Academy of Nitte (Deemed to be University), Mangalore, Karnataka, India

  • Ritu Asnani

    2   Department of Pathology, K S Hegde Medical Academy of Nitte (Deemed to be University), Mangalore, Karnataka, India
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Abstract

Pilomatricoma, pilomatrixoma, or calcified epithelioma of Malherbe is an uncommon, benign, isolated tumor of hair matrix primarily seen in children and young adults. The most common location is the head and neck region. It usually manifests as a small nodular mass. Here we report a rare case of giant pilomatricoma over the sternum in a 60-year-old male patient with an unusual clinical and radiological presentation mimicking a calcified sebaceous cyst.

Keywords

pilomatricoma - sebaceous cyst - ghost cell - tumor - histopathology


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Article published online:
28 November 2022

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