Pilomatrixoma as a Diagnostic Pitfall in Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology

Sivakumar, Sivaselvam

doi:10.1159/000325801

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“…[2,3,8] This tumor usually occurs in children younger than 10 years of age and also in the second decade of life. [9] They are more commonly seen in women.…”

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Rare Presentations of Pilomatricoma : Our Experience in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Byadgi¹,

Biradar²,

Jadhav³

et al. 2015

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Pilomatricoma/ Pilomatrixoma/ Benign calcifying tumor of Malherbe is an uncommon tumor of hair matrix origin, most commonly occurs in head and neck region and upper extremities. It has a wide morphological and clinical spectrum and can pose a diagnostic difficulty especially in cases with unusual clinical presentation. We report five cases of Pilomatrixoma, The diagnosis is made only after histopathology in both cases. In first case the women presented with swelling in the back of neck, clinically thought to be lipoma, no FNAC was done; excisional biopsy was done and sent for histopathology and report revealed to be Pilomatricoma. In second case the women presented with post hysterectomy, with pelvic abscess and incidentally during a midline incision was made a hard mass was felt after rectus sheath was dissected attached to peritoneum, sent for histopathology and revealed to be Pilomatricoma.

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“…[2,3,8] This tumor usually occurs in children younger than 10 years of age and also in the second decade of life. [9] They are more commonly seen in women.…”

Section: Discussion With Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Rare Presentations of Pilomatricoma : Our Experience in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Byadgi¹,

Biradar²,

Jadhav³

et al. 2015

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“…Also the background of cell debris may be misinterpreted as tumour diatheses. Such cases have been in the past mistaken for SCC, basal cell carcinoma, MC, mucoepidermoid carcinoma or malignant appendagal tumour [6][7][8][9][10] [Table/ Fig-3]. Ghost-cell rich smears mimic epidermal inclusion cyst or giant cell lesions [3,4].…”

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Pilomatrixoma Masquerading as Metastatic Adenocarcinoma. A Diagnostic Pitfall on Cytology

Sharma

Agarwal

et al. 2014

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“…3,4 Lesions that mimic Pilomatrixoma are skin appendageal tumors are trichilemmal cyst , epidermal inclusion cyst , cylindroma, malignant neoplasms (squamous and basal cell carcinoma) and granulomatous lesions. 5,6 Skin appendage tumors, such as cylindroma, eccrine spiradenoma and hidradenoma, contain mainly basaloid cells . Smears of these lesions show a predominance of basaloid cells in cohesive, smoothly contoured groups which contrast with the typically irregular, saw-toothed edges of the cohesive to loosely cohesive monolayer sheets of basaloid cells seen in Pilomatrixoma.…”

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