Dermally-Based Lesions


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



*Not every case will have these features.



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)

Bright red papule



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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Mar 5, 2017 | Posted by in Dermatology | Comments Off on Dermally-Based Lesions

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