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- Pilomatrixoma is a benign tumor primarily found in children that originates from hair matrix cells and is one of the most common epithelial tumors in this age group.
- Bullous pilomatrixoma, a rare variant, usually occurs in the upper limbs and is often linked to prior trauma.
- This report focuses on a case where a bullous pilomatrixoma developed rapidly in a patient’s arm one month after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, raising questions about the nature of the tumor's appearance.
Article Abstract
Pilomatrixoma, or calcifying epithelioma of Malherbe, is a benign tumor with differentiation toward the hair matrix cells and is one of childhood's most common epithelial tumors. Bullous pilomatrixoma has an extremely low incidence of occurrence, usually appears in the upper extremities, and is frequently associated with trauma. We report the case of a bullous pilomatrixoma in a patient with a rapid-growing neoformation one month after receiving a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine in his left upper arm, and we discuss whether the bullous appearance is part of the biology of the tumor or a secondary anetoderma.
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