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Forme Fruste of Trichodiscoma?

Authors :
Joseph L. Jorizzo
Wain L. White
Camilla S. McCalmont
Source :
The American Journal of Dermatopathology. 13:403-409
Publication Year :
1991
Publisher :
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 1991.

Abstract

A 36-year-old paraplegic man developed multiple giant fibromyxoid tumors surrounding a meningomyelocele scar that we believe are forme fruste of trichodiscomas. Histologic examination showed a papillated, slightly hyperplastic epidermis surrounding a delicate fibrovascular proliferation set in a stroma of loose fibrillar connective tissue and stellate fibroblasts. A melanocytic nevus was incorporated into one of the lesions. We believe that these giant lesions are connective tissue nevi of the adventitial dermis that comprise a new clinical variant of trichodiscoma. The potential significance of the relationship between these abortive trichodiscomas and abnormalities of the neural crest is discussed.

Details

ISSN :
01931091
Volume :
13
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
The American Journal of Dermatopathology
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........9f90cd50083fd9acb9497031541c199c
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1097/00000372-199108000-00012