TY - JOUR T1 - Evaluation of Characteristics of Patients with Pilomatricoma in Mazandaran Province, 1996-2006 AU - , Masoud Golpour JO - Research Journal of Biological Sciences VL - 2 IS - 7 SP - 762 EP - 764 PY - 2007 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1815-8846 DO - rjbsci.2007.762.764 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjbsci.2007.762.764 KW - Evalution KW -charcteristics of patientsm pilomatvicoma KW -biopsy KW -histopathology AB - Pilomatricomas are benign cutaneous neoplasm that occur frequently in children and usually present as slow-growing, firm, dermal nodules. About 60% said to arise in patients less than 20 years of age. In this study, 46 case of pilomatricoma, with asymptomic, single and firm nodule referred to dermatology clinic of Boo-Ali Sina hospital in Sari (1996-2006). A biopsy was taken from suspicious lesions and histopathology assessments were done for cases with pilomatricoma impression. 69.56% patients were female. Mean age of the patients was 20.1 years .The most frequent sites of the tumor were the forearm (41.30%). ER -