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Rapidly Growing Giant Pilomatricoma in the Right Parotid Region of a Pregnant Woman

Rapidly Growing Giant Pilomatricoma in the Right Parotid Region of a Pregnant Woman

In Suk Koh, Hwa Jin Cho, Jin Woo Kim

Case report

Pilomatricoma is a benign tumor arising from the primitive basal cells of the epidermis that differentiate into hair matrix cells. Mutations in the CTNNB1 gene, which encodes β-catenin (a protein involved in hair growth), play an etiological role in the development of pilomatricoma.

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