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Atlas of dermatopathology
Josef Feit, Hana Jedličková, Günter Burg, Luděk Matyska, Spasoje Radovanovic et al.
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+ Introduction
+ Literature
+ Support
+ Skin biopsy
+ Non-tumorous skin diseases
+ Skin tumors
+ Cysts of the skin and subcutis
+ Soft tissue lesions
+ Some lesions of the oral cavity
+ Dermatovenerology
+ Collection of histological slides by prof. Günter Burg
+ Collection of histological slides by prof. Werner Kempf
+ Collection of histological slides of dr. Ram Chandra Adhikari
Dermatomyofibroma
Clinical signs
  • slowly growing, flat, indurated, red-brown lesion
  • size: up to 2 cm
  • localization: shoulder, axilla, other (less common)
  • usually affects young females
  • benign
  • therapy: complete excision
Histology

Fascicles of spindle-shaped cells with eosinophilic cytoplasm and regular nuclei. Elastic fibres are increased and fragmented. Adnexal structures are preserved.

Imunohistochemistry: half of cases stain for smooth muscle markers.

Dermatomyofibroma (10154)

Dermatomyofibroma, SMA (6012)