Pilomatrixoma located on the cruris: an uncommon localization

Pilomatrixoma located on the cruris: an uncommon localization

Pilomatrixoma is a benign tumor of hair follicle matrix cells. The majority of all pilomatrixomas were reported to affect the head-neck region and rarely the upper extremity. We present a case of left-leg pilomatrixoma, which is a extremely rare localization, in a 10-year-old boy.

Pilomatrixoma: A Benign Appendageal Tumor not Uncommon in Children.

Pilomatrixoma is a benign appendageal tumor, accounting for 1% of all benign skin lesions (1). It is mostly seen in children and young adults up to 20 years of age, the second peak being in the sixth and seventh decade of life. Pilomatrixoma usually manifests as a solitary, asymptomatic nodule on the head and less frequently on the upper and lower extremities. The diagnosis is commonly based on...

Perianal basal cell carcinoma: An uncommon localization.

To the Editor, Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is one of the most common cutaneous malignancies. Although it constitutes 75% of non-melanoma cutaneous malignancies, it develops in the perianal region in less than 1% of cases (1,2). Even though histopathologic findings of BCC developing in the perianal region are similar to those of BCC seen in other regions, perianal cancers behave much more aggress...

Tinea Cruris

Case Report: An Uncommon Anatomical Variation of the Sciatic Nerve

The sciatic nerve is a largest single nerve of the lumbosacral nervous plexus. This nerve innervates all muscles of the leg and foot as well as the flexor muscles of the knee joint. Many variations in the direction and relations of sciatic nerve were described. The current case report presented a thick septum situated posterior to the sciatic nerve and its branches spread throughout the back of...