TY - JOUR
AR - SCR-2020-9-114
TI - Pilomatrixoma: A Case Study & Review of Literature
AU - Alessandro, Crisci
AU - Michela,  Crisci 
JO - Surgical Case Reports
PY - 2020
DA - Tue 29, Sep 2020
SN - 2613-5965
DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.31487/j.SCR.2020.09.14
UR - https://www.sciencerepository.org/pilomatrixoma-a-case-study-&-review-of-literature_SCR-2020-9-114 
KW - Ghost cell, pilomatrixoma, skin neoplasm, ossification
AB - 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.