Congenital multiple clustered dermatofibroma and multiple eruptive dermatofibromas - unusual presentations of a common entity*

نویسندگان

  • Teresa Pinto-Almeida
  • Mónica Caetano
  • Rosário Alves
  • Manuela Selores
چکیده

Dermatofibroma is one of the most common entities seen in dermatology clinical practice. Several clinical subtypes have nevertheless been described, all of them of uncommon occurrence. The authors present two rare clinical variants of dermatofibromas: congenital multiple clustered dermatofibroma (the presented case is the 4th congenital case to be reported so far) and multiple eruptive dermatofibromas developing in the setting of a Sjögren's syndrome. Since the uncommon subtypes may not be clinically evident, dermatologists should familiarize themselves with their main features and we advise a high level of clinical suspicion in order to reach the correct diagnosis.

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دوره 88  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2013