Dermotoscope assisted diagnosis of adolescent bullous pilomatricoma: six case reports
Junru Liu,
Xiaojie Liu,
Yan Qu
et al.
Abstract:Background
Pilomatricoma (PM) is a cutaneous benign neoplasm derived from the hair matrix. It clinically presents as a solitary and firm nodule overlying normal epidermis and is usually not easy to be noticed at early stage. Nevertheless, when special bullous lesion occurs in a short time or even ulcerates, preoperative diagnosis by a dermatologist is often challenging especially when the pediatric patients refuse biopsy.
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