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  -