| Literature DB >> 20548854 |
Jung Won Shin1, Hyun Sun Park, Byoung Kwon Kim, Young A Kim, Myung-Good Kim, Chong Hyun Won, Soyun Cho.
Abstract
Aneurysmal benign fibrous histiocytoma is an uncommon pathologic variant of dermatofibroma. In addition to the features of a typical dermatofibroma, it has large cleft-like or cavernous blood-filled spaces with numerous hemosiderin pigments. It should be differentiated from angiomatoid malignant fibrous histiocytoma, malignant melanoma, and vascular tumors such as Kaposi's sarcoma and angiosarcoma. Atrophic dermatofibroma is also a rare variant of dermatofibroma, and the combination of aneurysmal and atrophic features is rarer still. We report a case of aneurysmal benign fibrous histiocytoma with atrophic features in a 27-year-old male who had a grayish-brown atrophic patchy lesion on his back for 2 years.Entities:
Keywords: Aneurysmal variant; Atrophy; Dermatofibroma
Year: 2009 PMID: 20548854 PMCID: PMC2883367 DOI: 10.5021/ad.2009.21.1.42
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann Dermatol ISSN: 1013-9087 Impact factor: 1.444