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KMID : 0360120100320060582
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Journal of the Korean Society of Maxillofacial Plastic Reconstructive Surgeons
2010 Volume.32 No. 6 p.582 ~ p.587
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Pilomatricoma of the Subauricular Region: Report of Case
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Yoo Dae-Hyun
Choi Moon-Ki
Oh Sung-Hwan
Kwon Dae-Keun
Jun In-Chul
Son Do-Kyoung
Park Sung-Won
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Abstract
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Pilomatricoma or calcifying epithelioma is a benign tumor of hair follicle origin. Pilomatricoma presents a slowly enlarged and asymptomatic mass that located dermal or subdermal area. It showed mostly on face and upper limb and head and neck represents 50% of all case. And it developed almostly in the first 2 decade of life. Histologically, encapsulated mass composed of solid small basophilic cells and eosinophilic ghost cells. Surgical excision is the treatment choice and rarely recurs. The purpose of this article is to represent of pilomatricoma on subauricular region that treated with mass excision and local transpositional flap. Althrough the presurgical diagnosis of pilomatricoma may be difficult, clinicians must keep in mind the differential of head and neck masses that located subdermal layers.
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KEYWORD
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Pilomatricoma, Rhomboid flap
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