Dear Editor,Dermatofibroma (cutaneous fibrous histiocytoma) is a common skin tumor well known by pathologists, although the wide varieties of its histological appearance can make it a mimicker of other, benign or malignant, skin tumors. Histopathological classification of dermatofibroma can be made by its architectural (deep penetrating, aneurysmal etc.) or cellular (clear cell, monster cell etc.) peculiarities, or both (1). One histological pattern can be prominent or two or more histological patterns can be combined in the same tumor (composite dermatofibromas). A palisading type is rarely seen (2 in 200 dermatofibromas in one study), and it includes other tumors in the differential diagnosis, also rarely presented on the skin, such as schwannoma (2). Here, we aim to present a case of this rare dermatofibroma variant and discuss cutaneous tumors with nuclear palisading features resembling Verocay bodies.
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