Dermatofibroma- Symptoms, Causes, Treatment

What is Dermatofibroma?

Dermatofibromas is the condition in which harmless skin growth is take place, specially on the legs and arms. It is also known as histiocytoma, sclerosing hemangioma. The size is from about 0.5 to 1 cm. They are circular spots occurs in variety of colors usually in brownish. Dermatofibroma mostly found in womens and the ratio of male to women is about 1:4. Dermatofibroma is nothing but a tumor which is composed of spindle cells arranged in a storiform. It will not turn into cancer. It generally found in adults.

Causes of Dermatofibroma

Minure injury like insect bite or a prick of a thorn to the skin is one of the cause of dermatofibroma.
It can be inherited form family to family.
Because of its persistent nature the exact cause of the dermaotfibroma is unknown.
Generally womens are mostly responsible to develop dermatofibroma.
It mainly cause in middle aged adults than childrens.

What are the symptoms of Dermatofibroma?

Dermatofibroma is nothing but the occurance of nodules on the skin mailly on leg part. Commonly they are in yellow-brown colour, sometimes quite dark.
These nodules are small in size.
Patient feel itchy or sensative.
These nodules are oftenly painless but may be tender.

DermatofibromaTreatment

Dermatofibromas will never turn into cancer thats why best ignored.
The growth of nodules can be stop by using intralesional steroid injections.
Freezing is another technique in which liquid nitrogen is used to clear lumps but it rarely successful.
It can also remove by surgical method but it usually leaves scar on the skin.
We may also use cryosurgery to remove nodules ie. dermatofibromas.

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