Clinical and histological patterns of dermatofibromas of the nail apparatus.
True fibromas develop as painless slow-growing nodular tumours. They may appear in any portion of the nail apparatus. The clinical features vary according to their anatomical site. In contrast, the histological features, consisting of a dermal hypocellular reticular nodule with ill-defined demarcation, were similar in all our patients, and factor XIIIa was negative.
Baran
R
R
Centre Hospitalier, Cannes, France.
Perrin
C
C
Baudet
J
J
Requena
L
L
D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D009260:Nail Diseases / Q000473:pathology*