Myopericytoma as an unusual cause of scarring alopecia in a child

• Main Authors: Ying-Fang Lin (Author), Chin-Yi Yang (Author), Chien-Hsun Chen (Author), Tseng-tong Kuo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2014-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Myopericytoma is a benign tumor composed of myoid-appearing oval to spindle-shaped cells arranged in a concentric perivascular pattern of growth. It arises most commonly in the dermis or subcutaneous tissue of the extremities in adults, and presents as a well-circumscribed, slow-growing, painless fi...