Does pilomatricoma showing malignant transformation indicate a cancer?
Patient: Respected Doctor, I m suffering from Pilomatricoma since 1997. All that are operated and biopsy report shows benign. But the last one is operated in April/2010 and the biopsy report shows that Pilomatricoma showing Malignant Transformation . Now I have one swelling on Neck and today I felt very pain under the Arm and felt that it is swelled with a diameter of 0.2 mm. Do I have cancer? Please tell me if there is any medicine of Pilomatricoma. Doctor: Hello,Welcome to hcm,Pilomatricoma with malignant transformation indicats the tumor which was benign earlier has turned malignant now.That means you have cancer. Swelling which you have noticed now could be lymph nodes which could have enlarged as a reactive change or could be a metastatic lymph node.Treatment of pilomatricoma includes complete excision.Thank you,Take care