Artigo Revisado por pares

The Man Behind the Eponym: Hans Biberstein and Follicular Hyperplasia Overlying Dermatofibroma

2009; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 31; Issue: 7 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1097/dad.0b013e3181a23b9e

ISSN

1533-0311

Autores

Johanna Hamel, Walter H. C. Burgdorf, Wolfgang Bräuninger,

Tópico(s)

Dermatological and Skeletal Disorders

Resumo

Hans Biberstein first described the basaloid follicular hyperplasia overlying dermatofibromas in 1923 and published his extensive observations on the subject in 1931. Part of Josef Jadassohn's department in Breslau, he was forced to leave German by the National Socialist regime and spent the rest of his career in New York. After a hiatus of 30 years, the dermatopathologic literature once again began addressing his seminal finding but never gave him proper credit. We suggest Biberstein's sign as an appropriate term for basaloid follicular hyperplasia overlying a dermatofibroma and as a small tribute to a pioneer dermatopathologist.

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