Pilomatricoma is a benign skin tumor of epithelial hair matrix cells that typically presents as a solitary nodule on the head or upper trunk. It occurs most often in children and young adults. While considered uncommon in middle-aged and elderly patients, there are reports of elderly patients with histopathologically diagnosed pilomatricomas; however, these cases primarily occurred on the face. We present a case of an 88-year-old female with a history of non-melanoma skin cancer who presented with a new, rapidly enlarging, biopsy-proven pilomatricoma on the forearm. This case highlights a unique age of onset and location for this skin tumor, suggesting that pilomatricomas are not limited to children and young adults and should be considered in the differential diagnosis of rapidly growing skin lesions in elderly patients. Diagnosis should be confirmed with biopsy in elderly patients, as pilomatricomas may mimic malignant skin lesions.
Keywords: calcified epithelial carcinoma; calcifying epithelioma of malherbe; pilomatrical carcinoma; pilomatricoma; pilomatrixoma.
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