Abstract |
Pilomatricoma is a benign tumor that presents as a 3-30-mm, firm, solitary, deep, dermal or subcutaneous tumor on the head, neck, or upper extremities. The clinical diagnosis is often made by the firm, sometimes rock-hard texture of the skin. The diagnosis can be confirmed by a skin biopsy or excision of the lesion. We have recently noted that pilomatricomas appear as a black mass in the skin when the lesion is transilluminated by placing the light of a fiberoptic otoscope adjacent to the skin lesion. To our knowledge, this is the first report demonstrating preoperative diagnosis of pilomatricoma by transilluminating the lesion with an otoscope.
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Authors | Odmara L Barreto-Chang, Emily S Gorell, Mark A Yamaguma, Alfred T Lane |
Journal | Pediatric dermatology
(Pediatr Dermatol)
2010 Sep-Oct
Vol. 27
Issue 5
Pg. 554-7
ISSN: 1525-1470 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 20807359
(Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Journal Article)
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Copyright | © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. |
Topics |
- Adolescent
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Dermoscopy
(instrumentation, methods)
- Facial Neoplasms
(diagnosis)
- Female
- Hair Diseases
(diagnosis)
- Humans
- Infant
- Male
- Otoscopes
- Pilomatrixoma
(diagnosis)
- Prospective Studies
- Skin Neoplasms
(diagnosis)
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