DESMOPLASTIC FIBROBLASTOMA (COLLAGENOUS FIBROMA): REPORT OF A RARE CASE IN A FEMALE
Journal Title: Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 6
Abstract
Desmoplastic fibroma is a rare benign subcutaneous tumour that most commonly affects men. The term 'Desmoplastic fibroblastoma' was first coined by Evans in 1995 and was renamed "Collagenous fibroma" by Nielsen in 1996.1 A unique fibrous soft tissue tumor comprising of spindle to stellate-shaped fibroblastic cells sparsely distributed in dense fibrous background.2 Here with we are reporting a case of Desmoplastic fibroma in the nape of the neck in a middle aged female.
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Siddegowda M. S, Shoba K. L, Shobha H. R
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