Open AccessPlaque like giant dermatofibroma: A case report
Author(s) -
Vinitha Varghese Panicker,
Andezhuthu Divakaran Dharmaratnam,
N V Seethalekshmy
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of cutaneous and aesthetic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.44
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0974-5157
pISSN - 0974-2077
DOI - 10.4103/jcas.jcas_117_16
Subject(s) - dermatofibroma , medicine , pathology , fibroma , soft tissue , dermatology , immunohistochemistry
Dermatofibroma, also known as benign fibrous histiocytoma, is a soft-tissue tumour that usually occurs in the mid-adult life and shows a slight female predominance. Giant dermatofibroma, a very rare clinical variant, is characterised by its unusually large size, benign biological behaviour despite its large size and same histopathological characteristics as conventional dermatofibroma. We report a 63-year-old woman who presented with a large tumour on the scapular region which showed histopathological features of benign dermatofibroma.