A case of perforating dermatofibroma with floret-like giant cells

Summary Dermatofibromas are slow-growing solitary nodules, composed mostly of a dermal proliferation of spindle cells and epithelioid cells. Some dermatofibromas present with multinucleated giant cells, such as Touton, foreign body, and osteoclast-like cells. We report a case of dermatofibroma containing both Touton giant cells and floret-type cells. A 12-year-old boy presented with a 6-mm, firm, nontender, dusky-red to greyish dermal nodule on his left popliteal fossa. As suggested clinically by the central opening, perforation of the epidermis with partial extrusion of the dermal components, including macrophages and vertically oriented collagen bundles, via transepidermal elimination, were detected. In the upper dermis, collagen trapping and mostly epithelioid cells with many giant cells were seen, while the lower part contained mainly spindle cells in a storiform pattern. Multinucleated giant cells scattered in the upper dermis were mainly floret-type multinucleated giant cells with star-shaped cytoplasmic projections, associated with some Touton giant cells. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a perforating dermatofibroma with floret-type multinucleated giant cells.