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Pilomatricoma-unveiling the ghost story: A case series
Ranjan Agrawal1, Parbodh Kumar2
1MD, FIC Path, DHA, Professor, Department of Pathology, Rohilkhand Medical College Hospital, Bareilly, UP, India.
2MD, Professor and Head, Department of Pathology, Rohilkhand Medical College Hospital, Bareilly, UP, India.

doi:10.5348/ijcri-201502-CS-10053

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Professor, Department of Pathology, Rohilkhand Medical College & Hospital
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Phone: 9412291009

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Agrawal R, Kumar P. Pilomatricoma-unveiling the ghost story: Report of 5 cases with review of the literature. Int J Case Rep Images 2015;6(4):193–197.


Abstract
Introduction: Pilomatrixoma are benign skin neoplasms of hair follicle origin but often are mis-diagnosed. They present as superficial masses of the head and neck especially in children. This present study is aimed at pointing to awareness among the clinicians as well as the pathologists about the varied presentations and morphological features of the entity.
Case Series: Five cases were included in the present study, of which four were females and one male. The sites involved were right thigh, right elbow, forehead, right eyebrow and subareolar area in the right breast.
Conclusion: Diagnostic pitfalls have been discussed along with the clinical differential diagnosis.

Keywords: Basaloid cells, Calcifying epithelioma of malherbe, Ghost cells, Pilomatricoma


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Author Contributions:
Ranjan Agrawal – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Parbodh Kumar – Analysis and interpretation of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
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