A case of perforating dermatofibroma with floret-like giant cells. 2015

E J Kim, and H S Park, and H S Yoon, and S Cho
Department of Dermatology, Seoul National University Boramae Hospital, Seoul, Korea.

Dermatofibromas are slow-growing solitary nodules, composed mostly of a dermal proliferation of spindle cells and epithelioid cells. Some dermatofibromas present with multinucleated giant cells, such as Touton, foreign body, and osteoclast-like cells. We report a case of dermatofibroma containing both Touton giant cells and floret-type cells. A 12-year-old boy presented with a 6-mm, firm, nontender, dusky-red to greyish dermal nodule on his left popliteal fossa. As suggested clinically by the central opening, perforation of the epidermis with partial extrusion of the dermal components, including macrophages and vertically oriented collagen bundles, via transepidermal elimination, were detected. In the upper dermis, collagen trapping and mostly epithelioid cells with many giant cells were seen, while the lower part contained mainly spindle cells in a storiform pattern. Multinucleated giant cells scattered in the upper dermis were mainly floret-type multinucleated giant cells with star-shaped cytoplasmic projections, associated with some Touton giant cells. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a perforating dermatofibroma with floret-type multinucleated giant cells.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D005870 Giant Cell Tumors Tumors of bone tissue or synovial or other soft tissue characterized by the presence of giant cells. The most common are giant cell tumor of tendon sheath and GIANT CELL TUMOR OF BONE. Cell Tumor, Giant,Cell Tumors, Giant,Giant Cell Tumor,Tumor, Giant Cell,Tumors, Giant Cell
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012878 Skin Neoplasms Tumors or cancer of the SKIN. Cancer of Skin,Skin Cancer,Cancer of the Skin,Neoplasms, Skin,Cancer, Skin,Cancers, Skin,Neoplasm, Skin,Skin Cancers,Skin Neoplasm
D018219 Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous A benign tumor composed, wholly or in part, of cells with the morphologic characteristics of HISTIOCYTES and with various fibroblastic components. Fibrous histiocytomas can occur anywhere in the body. When they occur in the skin, they are called dermatofibromas or sclerosing hemangiomas. (From DeVita Jr et al., Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology, 5th ed, p1747) Dermatofibroma,Hemangioma, Sclerosing,Histiocytoma, Cutaneous,Histiocytoma, Fibrous,Angioma, Sclerosing,Benign Fibrous Histiocytoma,Angiomas, Sclerosing,Benign Fibrous Histiocytomas,Cutaneous Histiocytoma,Cutaneous Histiocytomas,Dermatofibromas,Fibrous Histiocytoma,Fibrous Histiocytoma, Benign,Fibrous Histiocytomas,Fibrous Histiocytomas, Benign,Hemangiomas, Sclerosing,Histiocytomas, Benign Fibrous,Histiocytomas, Cutaneous,Histiocytomas, Fibrous,Sclerosing Angioma,Sclerosing Angiomas,Sclerosing Hemangioma,Sclerosing Hemangiomas

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