Fig. 20.1 Similar clinical appearance of two different dermal tumors. A Infantile hemangioma. B Rhabdomyosarcoma. From Eichenfield LF, Frieden IJ, Zaenglein AL, Mathes E. Neonatal and Infant Dermatology, 3e. London: Saunders, 2014.
Table 20.1
Dermally-based lesions
Entity
Classic morphologic clues*
Histopathology
Vascular tumors
Infantile hemangioma
• History: Not present at birth, grows rapidly over first couple of months
• Bright red nodule (see Fig. 20.1A )
• Lobules of small capillaries (GLUT-1-positive)
• Often extends into the subcutaneous
Congenital hemangioma
• History: Present at birth
• Site: Predilection for pressure points
• Oval shape
• Blue–red nodule with white–green halo ( Fig. 20.2 )
• Lobules of small capillaries (GLUT-1-negative)
Tufted angioma
• Mottled to solid red patches and red papules ( Fig. 20.3A,B )
• Small lobules (tufts) of small capillaries
• Dilated lymphatic spaces
Glomuvenous malformation (glomangioma)
• May be autosomal dominant inheritance, particularly if multiple lesions
• Clustered blue papules ( Fig. 20.3C,D )
• Dilated spaces lined by one to two layers of monomorphous cells with round blue nuclei
Fibrous tumors
Myofibroma
• Site: Often on the head/neck or trunk
• Firm or rubbery nodule or infiltrative plaque
• Skin-colored to red–purple
• May be multiple (see Fig. 20.4 )
• Biphasic with increased vascularity and spindle cells (myofibroblasts)
Infantile digital fibroma
• Site: Typically on the 2nd toe
• Firm, pink nodule ( Fig. 20.5 )
• Elongated spindle cells with cytoplasmic pink inclusions
Hematologic processes
Mastocytoma
• History: Intermittent blistering
• Brown–pink to red papulonodule
• Leathery surface ( Fig. 20.6 )
• Fried-egg-shaped cells with granular cytoplasm
Table 20.2
Characteristic papulonodules in children/adults
Entity
Classic morphologic clues*
Histopathology
Adnexal tumors
Pilomatricoma ( Fig. 20.7 )
• Bluish tinge
• Firm to hard plate-like papulonodule
• Lesion will “teeter-totter” with pressure on one side or another
• Shadow cells within butterscotch-colored keratin
Apocrine hidrocystoma (see Fig. 21.4 )
• Site: Eyelid
• Bluish, translucent papule
• Cuboidal cells lining a lumen
Syringoma (see Fig. 2.1D )
• Site: Eyelids
• Flesh-colored papules
• Tadpole-shaped epithelium with clear cells and ductal differentiation
Sebaceous hyperplasia (see Fig. 2.1E )
• Site: Face
• Yellow papule with central dell
• Dilated follicular infundibulum surrounded by sebaceous glands
Vascular tumors
Cherry angioma ( Fig. 20.8 )
• Clusters of dilated spaces lined by endothelial cells
Pyogenic granuloma ( Fig. 20.9 )
• Site: Predilection for head/neck, fingers
• History of rapid growth
• Eroded red papule, often pedunculated
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