Publikation

Unilateral agminated angiofibromas: a segmental expression of tuberous sclerosis?

Wissenschaftlicher Artikel/Review - 01.01.1997

Bereiche
PubMed

Zitation
Anliker M, Dummer R, Burg G. Unilateral agminated angiofibromas: a segmental expression of tuberous sclerosis?. Dermatology (Basel) 1997; 195:176-8.
Art
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel/Review (Englisch)
Zeitschrift
Dermatology (Basel) 1997; 195
Veröffentlichungsdatum
01.01.1997
ISSN (Druck)
1018-8665
Seiten
176-8
Kurzbeschreibung/Zielsetzung

We present a case of acquired unilateral agminated angiofibromas in a 26-year-old patient with onset at the age of 18. He developed over 100 pigmented dome-shaped papules on the left side of his nose, cheek and chin. Histological examination showed acanthosis and dermal capillary proliferations, fibrosis and lymphohistiocytic infiltrates. Staining with CD-31 showed increased vascular formation in the dermis. Staining for S-100 protein, HMB-45, NKIC-3 and Masson-Fontana staining showed no nevocytes or melanocytes in the dermal tissue, suggesting that the lesions are a segmental expression of tuberous sclerosis. However, multiple agminated angiofibroma without a relationship to tuberous sclerosis or a nevocytic or melanocytic formation cannot be ruled out for certain.