A Case of Atrophic Dermatofibroma Overexpressing Matrix Metalloproteinase-1

Atsuko Yano-Takamori; Gaku Tsuji; Takeshi Nakahara; Makiko Kido-Nakahara; Masutaka Furue

doi:10.1159/000503136

A Case of Atrophic Dermatofibroma Overexpressing Matrix Metalloproteinase-1

Case Rep Dermatol. 2019 Oct 1;11(3):264-267. doi: 10.1159/000503136. eCollection 2019 Sep-Dec.

Authors

Atsuko Yano-Takamori¹, Gaku Tsuji¹, Takeshi Nakahara¹, Makiko Kido-Nakahara¹, Masutaka Furue¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.

Abstract

This case report describes the importance of considering this tumor as one of the differential diagnoses when we encounter a flat and/or atrophic and depressible lesion in the upper portion of the trunk.

Keywords: Atrophic dermatofibroma; Dermatofibroma; Recessed surface.

Publication types

Case Reports