General Considerations

•benign tumors arising from hair matrix cells and particularly pilar matrix cells

•mean age 8.2 years

•breed predisposition: Kerry Blue Terrier and Miniature Poodle

•sites: shoulder and lumbrosacral region

•slow growing, well-encapsulated, and often mineralized with 33% cystic and 33% hyperpigmented

•malignant pilomatricoma is rare (2 cases reported) with metastasis to neurologic structures

•treatment: surgery

•prognosis: excellent

SURGICAL ONCOLOGY

SOCIETY

RESEARCH

EDUCATION

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EMPLOYMENT

IMAGE LIBRARYImages.html
● HistoryHistory.html
● What is a Surgical OncologistSurgical_Oncology_1.html
● Find a Surgical OncologistSurgical_Oncology_2.html
● Aims and ObjectivesAims.html
● MembershipMembership.html
● CommitteesCommittees.html
● NewsletterNewsletter.html
● Constitution and BylawsConstitution.html
● Research TrialsResearch_Trials.html
● Publications by MembersPublications.html
● Research OpportunitiesResearch_Opportunities.html
● Cancer InformationCancer_Information_1.html
● Conferences and MeetingsConferences.html
● Radiation FacilitiesRadiation_Facilities.html
● CE OpportunitiesCE_Opportunities.html
● Cancer InformationCancer_Information_2.html
● Current OpportunitiesEmployment_Opportunities.html
● Fellowship Training GuidelinesFellowship_Guidelines.html

PILOMATRICOMA

● Surgical Oncology JournalsJournals.html
● Surgical Oncology SocietiesSocieties.html
● Veterinary Surgery CollegesColleges.html