López GI, Peniche CA, Fierro AL, Mercadillo PP

Language: Spanish
References: 10
Page: 188-190
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ABSTRACT

Follicular myxoma is an extremely infrequent neoplasia of pilar differentiation with a peculiar controversial classification. A 53 year-old woman with a bright nodular tumor, localized on her nose, was diagnosed as follicular myxoma after the clinical and pathological correlation.

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