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Vinitha Varghese Panicker1, Andezhuthu Divakaran Dharmaratnam2, N V Seethalekshmy3
1Department of Dermatology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Amrita Univerisity, Kochi, Kerala, India.
Abstract:
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.
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