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dermal dendrocytic hamartoma

medallion-like dermal dendrocyte hamartoma, dermal dendrocyte hamartoma

Synospsis

- asymptomatic congenital lesion
- medallion-shaped, well-defined cutaneous tumors
- slightly atrophic appearance
- fusiform-cell tumor

Immunohistochemistry

- CD34+
- factor XIIIa+
- fascin+

Electron microscopy

- typical features of dermal dendrocytes

See also

- dendrocytic tumors

References

- Rodriguez-Jurado R, Palacios C, Duran-McKinster C, Mercadillo P, Orozco-Covarrubias L, Saez-de-Ocariz Mdel M, Ruiz-Maldonado R. Medallion-like dermal dendrocyte hamartoma: a new clinically and histopathologically distinct lesion. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2004 Sep;51(3):359-63. PMID: 15337977