Magnetic resonance imaging of pilomatricoma

Eur Radiol. 1996;6(1):72-5. doi: 10.1007/BF00619959.

Abstract

Two patients (a 16-month-old boy and a 53-year-old man) were referred for MR imaging of a small, subcutaneous nodule at the forearm. Plain films were available in one patient and showed a non-specific well-circumscribed lesion. Upon ultrasonography (1 patient), a nodular, well-circumscribed, hyperechoic lesion was seen. In both cases spin-echo (SE) T1-weighted images (T1WI) showed homogeneous, intermediate signal intensity (SI). On gadolinium-enhanced T1WI (1 patient), no enhancement was observed. Both lesions showed predominant low-to-intermediate SI on T2WI. At histological examination characteristic findings of pilomatricoma were observed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Contrast Media
  • Forearm
  • Gadolinium
  • Hair Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Hair Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Hair Diseases / pathology
  • Humans
  • Image Enhancement
  • Infant
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pilomatrixoma / diagnosis*
  • Pilomatrixoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Pilomatrixoma / pathology
  • Skin Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Skin Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology
  • Ultrasonography

Substances

  • Contrast Media
  • Gadolinium