article = {SCR-2020-9-114}
title = {Pilomatrixoma: A Case Study & Review of Literature}
journal = {Surgical Case Reports}
year = {2020}
issn = {2613-5965}
doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.31487/j.SCR.2020.09.14}
url = {https://www.sciencerepository.org/pilomatrixoma-a-case-study-&-review-of-literature_SCR-2020-9-114 
author = {Alessandro Crisci,Michela  Crisci ,}
keywords = {Ghost cell, pilomatrixoma, skin neoplasm, ossification}
abstract ={Pilomatrixoma, or calcific epithelioma of Malherbe, is a rare benign subcutaneous tumor of adnexal origin.
Females are twice as affected as males. The authors carry out a review of the literature on the subject and
present a clinical case. It is a 60-year-old patient with this type of tumor on the medial aspect of her left leg,
who was operated on an outpatient basis two years ago and currently has no recurrence. Diagnosis is often
difficult to make clinically, and therefore can only be definitively established after histopathological
examination of the lesion after surgical removal. Ultrasound role is to validate the clinical diagnosis, exclude
pathologies with similar clinical presentations, and establish the relationship of the lesion with the
surrounding structures.}