TY - JOUR
T1 - Multiple eruptive dermatofibromas and immunosuppression
T2 - Report of two cases and review of the literature
AU - Zaccaria, E.
AU - Rebora, A.
AU - Rongioletti, F.
PY - 2008/7
Y1 - 2008/7
N2 - Dermatofibromas are common benign fibrohistiocytic tumors that are most often solitary. The occurrence of multiple eruptive dermatofibromas (MEDF), on the contrary, is a rare event. MEDF have been reported in the setting of autoimmune diseases, treated with immunosuppressive drugs, in the course of HIV infection and in neoplastic diseases. An association with immunosuppression has led to the speculation that they are the result of an abortive immunoreactive process. Here, we describe a patient with Sézary syndrome and a patient with multiple IgA myeloma who developed MEDF. These associations have not been reported previously.
AB - Dermatofibromas are common benign fibrohistiocytic tumors that are most often solitary. The occurrence of multiple eruptive dermatofibromas (MEDF), on the contrary, is a rare event. MEDF have been reported in the setting of autoimmune diseases, treated with immunosuppressive drugs, in the course of HIV infection and in neoplastic diseases. An association with immunosuppression has led to the speculation that they are the result of an abortive immunoreactive process. Here, we describe a patient with Sézary syndrome and a patient with multiple IgA myeloma who developed MEDF. These associations have not been reported previously.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2008.03575.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2008.03575.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 18613883
AN - SCOPUS:47649112165
VL - 47
SP - 723
EP - 727
JO - International Journal of Dermatology
JF - International Journal of Dermatology
SN - 0011-9059
IS - 7
ER -