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| Year : 2023 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 136-138 |
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A rapidly growing pedunculated pilomatrixoma of the eyelid
Walaa Alturkistany1, Mohammed Alrajeh2, Osama Alsheikh3
1 Department of Ophthalmology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah; Department of Oculoplastic, King Khaled Eye Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2 Department of Ophthalmology, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
3 Department of Oculoplastic, King Khaled Eye Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Correspondence Address:
Osama Alsheikh
Oculoplastic Department, King Khalid Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
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DOI: 10.4103/ojo.ojo_79_22
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A pilomatrixoma is a benign tumor originating from a hair follicle that most frequently occurs in the head-and-neck region. It usually presents as a subcutaneous, slow-growing, nodular, painless firm mass. There are few reported cases on eyelid pilomatrixoma. We reporting an unusual presentation of a rapidly growing pedunculated eyelid pilomatrixoma in a 29-year-old female patient. Surgical excision was performed, and histological examination showed a cavity containing proliferating cords of basaloid cells differentiated into eosinophilic keratinized shadow cells confirming the pilomatrixoma diagnosis. Only a few cases with pedunculated eyelid masses have been reported in the literature; pedunculated lesions can be misdiagnosed as vascular tumors or malignancies. Therefore, pilomatrixoma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of such a presentation. A complete excisional biopsy of the mass is diagnostic and therapeutic.
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