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Color photo showing non-inflammatory nodule on right brow with reddish-brown hue of overlying skin
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F1
She came back after one month as the nodule was enlarging, now measuring 1.5 cm x 1.5 cm and the overlying skin was reddish-brown [Fig. 1].
Histological section of nodule showing Th bromuscular tissue at one side and sheets of basaloid cells mixed with ghosts cells at other side (H/E, 10x)
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F2
Excision biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of pilomatrixoma [Figs. 2, 3].
Sheets of basaloid cells mixed with sheets of ghost cells and foci of giant cells formation in higher magnification (H/E, 40x)
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F3
Excision biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of pilomatrixoma [Figs. 2, 3].