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Cranial pilomatricoma: a diagnosis to consider

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Pilomatricomas are benign tumors of the hair follicle that occur frequently in the scalp region. They occur most often in children. We describe a case of pilomatricoma in a teenager, referred to neurosurgery for excision. This diagnosis should be considered in the workup of scalp lesions, and this case report should serve to draw attention to this entity.

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  1. Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Jessica R. Lane

  2. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA

    Eric Cochran

  3. Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, St. Petersburg, FL, USA

    Syed Hassan A. Akbari

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JRL and SHAA conceptualized the research, wrote and revised the main manuscript text, and provided Figs. 1 and 2. EC prepared Fig. 3 and related text.

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Lane, J.R., Cochran, E. & Akbari, S.H.A. Cranial pilomatricoma: a diagnosis to consider. Childs Nerv Syst 39, 821–824 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-022-05716-z

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