Multiple dermatofibromas: Dermoscopic patterns

Beyond classic dermoscopic patterns of dermatofibromas: a prospective research study

BACKGROUND The usual stereotypical dermoscopic pattern associated with dermatofibromas is a pigment network and central white patch. However, this pattern may be difficult to diagnose in some variant cases. We aimed to describe dermoscopic patterns of dermatofibroma according to its histopathological subtypes, with special emphasis on new and rare dermoscopic features. METHODS This prospectiv...

The dermoscopic variability of dermatofibromas.

Multiple Eruptive Dermatofibromas Masquerading as Cutaneous Lymphoma

A 34-year-old male came with complaints of multiple firms to hard nontender, nonitchy nodules, measuring 2 cm × 2 cm to 1 cm × 1.5 cm, present predominantly over the lower limbs. This condition started 5 years back as a single nodule over the thigh but gradually increased in number and size with time to involve both lower limbs. A differential diagnosis of cutaneous lymphoma and dermatofibroma ...

[Multiple clustered dermatofibromas: an atypical presentation of a common disease].

Dermatofibroma is the most common fibrohistiocytic tumor of the skin and one of the benign neoplasias that generates most visits to the dermatologist. It usually presents as an isolated lesion and rarely occurs as multiple lesions. The term multiple dermatofibroma is defined either as the appearance of at least 15 dermatofibromas within a few months or, more recently, as 5 to 8 dermatofibromas ...

A Case of Multiple Eruptive Dermatofibromas in a Healthy Adult

Vol. 26 No. 4, 2014 539 Received July 4, 2013, Revised August 2, 2013, Accepted for publication August 16, 2013 Corresponding author: Kwang Ho Kim, Department of Dermatology, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, 22 Gwanpyeong-ro 170 beon-gil, Dongan-gu, Anyang 431-796, Korea. Tel: 82-31-380-3760, Fax: 82-31-386-3761, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed unde...