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Congenital Atrophic Plaque: Fibroblastic Connective Tissue Nevus
Author(s) -
Allemant Ortiz Luis Jesús,
CalderónCastrat Ximena,
Orellana Cortez Alex,
Ingar Carbone Beatriz,
SantosBriz Angel
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1111/pde.13155
Subject(s) - medicine , connective tissue , hamartoma , pathology , nevus , mesenchymal stem cell , connective tissue disease , dermatology , melanoma , autoimmune disease , disease , cancer research
Fibroblastic connective tissue nevus (FCTN) is a rare, benign, dermal mesenchymal hamartoma that affects children. We report a 15‐year‐old boy with a congenital FCTN and describe the clinical, dermatoscopic, and histopathologic features.