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==General==
==General==
*Reactive process -- it is ''not'' a neoplasm.
*Classically considered a reactive process - ''not'' a neoplasm.
*Usually associated with previous trauma.
*Usually associated with previous trauma.
**In women... usually legs.
**In women... usually legs.
*Multiple dermatofibromas are described in association [[Down syndrome]].<ref name=pmid36219648>{{cite journal |authors=Zimmerman TJ, George SJ |title=Multiple Eruptive Dermatofibromas Associated With Down Syndrome |journal=Cutis |volume=110 |issue=2 |pages=E21–E23 |date=August 2022 |pmid=36219648 |doi=10.12788/cutis.0600 |url=}}</ref><ref name=pmid23879455>{{cite journal |authors=Lamb RC, Gangopadhyay M, MacDonald A |title=Multiple dermatofibromas in Down syndrome |journal=Int J Dermatol |volume=53 |issue=4 |pages=e274–5 |date=April 2014 |pmid=23879455 |doi=10.1111/ijd.12037 |url=}}</ref>


==Microscopic==
==Microscopic==
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*[[Melanoma]], esp. desmoplastic neurotropic-type.
*[[Melanoma]], esp. desmoplastic neurotropic-type.
*[[Fibromatosis]].
*[[Fibromatosis]].
*[[Dermal scar]].


Images:
Images:
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*[http://www.surgicalpathologyatlas.com/glfusion/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=20080802171836877 Cellular dermatofibroma (surgicalpathologyatlas.com)].
*[http://www.surgicalpathologyatlas.com/glfusion/mediagallery/media.php?f=0&sort=0&s=20080802171836877 Cellular dermatofibroma (surgicalpathologyatlas.com)].
*[http://www.dermpedia.org/node/2292 Cellular dermatofibroma (dermpedia.org)].<ref>URL: [http://www.dermpedia.org/case/cellular-dermatofibroma-mimicking-dermatofibrosarcoma-protuberans#  http://www.dermpedia.org/case/cellular-dermatofibroma-mimicking-dermatofibrosarcoma-protuberans#]. Accessed on: 4 February 2012.</ref>
*[http://www.dermpedia.org/node/2292 Cellular dermatofibroma (dermpedia.org)].<ref>URL: [http://www.dermpedia.org/case/cellular-dermatofibroma-mimicking-dermatofibrosarcoma-protuberans#  http://www.dermpedia.org/case/cellular-dermatofibroma-mimicking-dermatofibrosarcoma-protuberans#]. Accessed on: 4 February 2012.</ref>
===Epithelioid cell histiocytoma===
Features:
*Epithelioid cells.
*No lesional cells in epidermis.
DDx:
*[[Melanocytic lesions]] - esp. [[malignant melanoma]].


==IHC==
==IHC==