Burak Atalay Ismail, Korkmaz Izzet, Gungor Safak
Ankara Oncology Training and Research Hospital, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Ankara, Turkey.
J Surg Case Rep. 2017 Jul 4;2017(7):rjx114. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjx114. eCollection 2017 Jul.
Pilomatrixoma is a benign tumor of hair follicle matrix cells. The majority of all pilomatrixomas were reported to affect the head-neck region and rarely the upper extremity. We present a case of left-leg pilomatrixoma, which is a extremely rare localization, in a 10-year-old boy.
毛发上皮瘤是一种毛囊基质细胞的良性肿瘤。据报道,大多数毛发上皮瘤发生于头颈部,很少发生于上肢。我们报告一例发生在一名10岁男孩左腿的毛发上皮瘤,这是一种极其罕见的发病部位。