Ann Dermatol.  2000 Mar;12(1):48-51. 10.5021/ad.2000.12.1.48.

Hemosiderotic Histiocytoma

• Hwang SW

• KMID: 2163946
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5021/ad.2000.12.1.48

Abstract

A 25 year old woman who presented a severely pruritic eruption of 1 month's duration on the lateral surface of her left shin is described. The histopathologic examination revealed dense cellularity consisting of hemosiderin laden macrophages and multinucleated giant cells of both the Touton type-like and the foreign body type, associated with many blood vessels, suggesting hemosiderotic histiocytoma. Given the additional finding of foamy cytoplasm, this case could be called xanthomatized hemosiderotic histiocytoma

Keyword

Hemosiderotic histiocytoma; Dermatofibroma

MeSH Terms

Blood Vessels
Cytoplasm
Female
Foreign Bodies
Giant Cells
Hemosiderin
Histiocytoma*
Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous
Humans
Macrophages
Hemosiderin