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IZQUIERDO-RODRIGUEZ, C.; MENCIA-GUTIERREZ, E.; GUTIERREZ-DIAZ, E.  e  SUAREZ-GAUTHIER, A.. An unusual presentation of a pilomatrixoma in the eyelid. Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol [online]. 2006, vol.81, n.8, pp.483-485. ISSN 0365-6691.

Case report: A 32-year-old man developed a lesion, over a period of 1 year, at the margin of the right upper eyelid. The presumed diagnosis was a pyogenic granuloma.An excision biopsy was performed and the histopathologic diagnosis was a pilomatrixoma. Discussion: Eyelid pilomatrixoma is commonly misdiagnosed preoperatively and is extremely rare in middle-aged patients.

Palavras-chave : Eyelid neoplasm; pilomatrixoma; calcifying epithelioma; free-edge eyelid; pyogenic granuloma.

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