ACQUIRED SMOOTH-MUSCLE HAMARTOMA, PAPULO-FOLLICULAR VARIANT, LOCATED ON THE FACE

A twenty-one year old woman showed, in the mental and submental reqion s, a slightly hyperpigmented 9 x 4 cm plague, the surface of which was scattered with tiny follicular papules that became raised when rubbed (pseudo-Darier's siqn). The plaque had first been observed when the p atient was six years old. The histopathological study revealed a norma l epidermis and hyperplasia of the dermal smooth muscles. The diagnosi s was made of smooth muscle hamartoma with the peculiarities of being acquired, located on the face, and with a papulo-follicular clinical a spect.