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Growth hormone therapy in boy with panhypopituitarism may induce pilomatricoma recurrence: case report.

Oswiecimska J, Ziora K, Ziora K, Pindycka-Piaszczynska M, Zajecki W, Pikiewicz-Koch A, Stojewska M.
Case Reports 2008; 29(1): 51-54 PubMed PMID: 18283258 Citation  Keywords:  Adolescent, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Growth Hormone:adverse effects, Hair Diseases:chemically induced, Humans, Hypopituitarism:drug therapy, Insulin-Like Growth Factor I:metabolism, Male, Neoplasm Recurrence, Local:chemically induced, Pilomatrixo.   

: Pilomatricoma is usually a solitary subcutaneous nodule. Recurrence of the nodule after surgical excision is very rare. Pilomatricoma occurrence in patients with growth hormone (GH) deficiency has not been reported, yet. We report a 14-year-old boy with pilomatricoma and panhypopituitarism. After GH therapy had been started, we observed two relapses of previously completely excised pilomatricoma in the same location and a new pilomatricoma formation on the chin....

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