Presentation
Painless superficial mobile swelling of the left neck
Patient Data
A subcutaneous well-defined oval heterogeneously hypoechoic mass, containing microcalcifications, with posterior acoustic enhancement and mildly increased echogenicity of the surrounding subcutaneous fat. On color Doppler interrogation, flow was mainly peripheral.
Case Discussion
Pilomatricoma is benign skin tumor arising from the hair cortex cells . The cervico-facial location and female sex are common denominators. Multiple locations and involvement of the limbs are rare.
Ultrasound offers a simple and effective way to propose the diagnosis of pilomatricoma for a cervico-facial subcutaneous lesion. Surgical excision and histopathological examination are required to confirm the diagnosis.
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