Giant pilomatricoma with a verrocous variant: A case report.

Authors

  • María Isabel Moreno
  • Ana Francisca Ramírez
  • Ricardo Rueda

Keywords:

Pilomatricoma, verrucous, skin neoplasms, treatment

Abstract

The giant pilomatricoma is a rare entity of which not many case reports have been published. Those published have described various clinical features of which none have yet described a Verrucous variant. We report a case of giant pilomatricoma with a verrucous variant as a newly described feature.

Author Biographies

María Isabel Moreno

Residente de tercer año de Dermatología. Universidad del Valle

Ana Francisca Ramírez

Docente de Cirugía Dermatológica. Hospital Universitario del Valle.

Ricardo Rueda

Dermatopatólogo. Hospital Universitario del Valle.

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How to Cite

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Moreno MI, Ramírez AF, Rueda R. Giant pilomatricoma with a verrocous variant: A case report. rev. asoc. colomb. dermatol. cir. dematol. [Internet]. 2019 Feb. 11 [cited 2024 Jul. 3];16(4):316-8. Available from: https://revista.asocolderma.org.co/index.php/asocolderma/article/view/143

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2019-02-11

How to Cite

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Moreno MI, Ramírez AF, Rueda R. Giant pilomatricoma with a verrocous variant: A case report. rev. asoc. colomb. dermatol. cir. dematol. [Internet]. 2019 Feb. 11 [cited 2024 Jul. 3];16(4):316-8. Available from: https://revista.asocolderma.org.co/index.php/asocolderma/article/view/143
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