Case for diagnosis
An. bras. dermatol
; 89(3): 519-520, May-Jun/2014. graf
Article
in English
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| ID: lil-711624
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BR1.1
ABSTRACT
We report the case of an 11-year-old male patient with a histopathological and immunohistochemical diagnosis of dermatofibroma with an atypical clinical presentation on the right forearm. Although dermatofibroma is considered a benign skin tumor, some of its differential diagnoses, such as dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans and malignant fibrous histiocytoma, are truly aggressive. Lesions with atypical clinical aspects and topology associated with specific histopathological variants are some of the criteria for complete tumor excision.
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International databases
Database:
LILACS
Main subject:
Skin
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Skin Neoplasms
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Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Child
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
An. bras. dermatol
Journal subject:
Dermatology
Year:
2014
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Hospital Federal de Bonsucesso/BR