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Pediatric dermatofibromas: Truncal predominance in younger children. Pediatr Dermatol 2024;41(3):465-467

Date

02/27/2024

Pubmed ID

38409816

DOI

10.1111/pde.15568

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-85186587315 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)

Abstract

Pediatric dermatofibromas are considered rare in young children and have not been well characterized, often misdiagnosed clinically. We performed a retrospective case series of children younger than 18 years with histopathologically diagnosed dermatofibromas at our institutions and evaluated age at onset and diagnosis, sex, lesion location, and size, associated symptoms, change over time, and pre-biopsy diagnosis. Overall, dermatofibromas were most common on the back and chest (20/53; 38%), followed by the legs (15/53; 28%) and arms (12/53; 23%) with the most common pre-biopsy diagnosis of "cyst" (23/53; 43%), followed by dermatofibroma (16/53; 30%), and pilomatricoma (12/53; 23%). Our study reinforces previous findings of truncal predominance of pediatric dermatofibromas, different from adults.

Author List

Kelly BG, Joyce JC, Liegl MA, Pan A, Wanat KA, Lalor L

Authors

Leah Lalor MD Associate Professor in the Dermatology department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Amy Y. Pan PhD Associate Professor in the Pediatrics department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Karolyn A. Wanat MD Chair, Professor in the Dermatology department at Medical College of Wisconsin




MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Adolescent
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous
Humans
Infant
Male
Retrospective Studies
Skin Neoplasms
Torso