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Case Reports
. 2010 Jul;1(1):27-9.
doi: 10.4103/2229-5178.73255.

Generalized eruptive histiocytoma

Kamal Aggarwal  1 , Sanjeev Gupta, Vijay Kumar Jain, Rajeev Sen, Sunita Gupta
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Case Reports

Generalized eruptive histiocytoma

Kamal Aggarwal et al. Indian Dermatol Online J. 2010 Jul.

Abstract

We are reporting a 62 year old male, who over a period of 1 year, developed a symmetric eruption of hundreds of brownish papules, with spontaneous regression of some lesions. The clinical and histopathological findings were compatible with the diagnosis of generalized eruptive histiocytoma.

Keywords: Histiocytoma; elderly male; histioctytosis.

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Conflict of Interest: None declared

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Widespread papular eruption on the trunk composed of nonconfluent, hemispherical, skin colored to brown papules
Figure 2
Figure 2
Generalized distribution of discrete, brownish papules on the arm
Figure 3
Figure 3
Biopsy of a lesion showing an unremarkable epidermis and a perivascular arrangement of histiocytic cells, having vacuolated cytoplasm at places, in the dermis (H&E, ×100)
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