Open AccessIntraoral desmoplastic fibroblastoma: A rare presentation
Author(s) -
Santosh Patil
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of the scientific society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7127
pISSN - 0974-5009
DOI - 10.4103/0974-5009.157047
Subject(s) - medicine , presentation (obstetrics) , head and neck , soft tissue , oral cavity , case presentation , radiology , surgery , dentistry
Desmoplastic fibroblastoma is an uncommon fibrous soft tissue tumor. Only a few cases have been reported in the literature till date. These slow growing, painless mass is most commonly seen in the upper extremities, but rarely in the head and neck region. This article presents a case report of a 45-year-old female who presented with a similar soft tissue mass in the oral cavity. The mass was excised and sent for histopathological evaluation, which confirmed the diagnosis as desmoplastic fibroblastoma