title: Multiple dermatofibromata developing during pregnancy.
abstract: Dermatofibromata are common benign dermal tumours of unknown aetiology. They usually present as a single lesion on the limbs of young adults. Multiple dermatofibromata have been reported occurring in patients with autoimmune disease, who were receiving immunosuppressive treatment. A 25-year-old female is reported who developed multiple dermatofibromata during her first pregnancy, a state of altered immunity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, General Infirmary at Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stainforth
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Goodfield
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000276:immunology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology*