Abstract
Calcifying epitheliomas are mainly found in young people, affecting the face, neck and arm regions. Four cases of calcifying epithelioma (age: from 7 months to 23 years old, clinical course: from 3 weeks to 5 years) are reported. Clinical and histopathological features were reviewed. We have confirmed that inflammatory changes (foreign body giant cell reaction) were prominent in the short term cases, and calcification was marked in the long term cases. Calcification was found by soft x-ray even in the shortest term case (3 weeks).
Soft x-ray technique was useful for the preoperative diagnosis of calcifying epithelioma.
