Giant Cell Fibroblastoma in a 62-Year-Old Patient. A Case Report
Authors:
M. Zámečník 1; A. Chlumská 1,2
Authors‘ workplace:
Bioptická laboratoř s. r. o., Plzeň, Czech Republic
1; Šikl’s Department of Pathology, Faculty Hospital, Charles University, Plzeň, Czech Republic
2
Published in:
Čes.-slov. Patol., 44, 2008, No. 3, p. 75-78
Category:
Original Article
Overview
A case of giant cell fibroblastoma in a 62-year-old male is described. The 2x1.5x1.5 cm tumor was excised from the right supraclavicular area. Histologically, it was typical with exceptions that the typical pseudovascular spaces were seen only focally and the neoplastic cells were closely spatially associated with lymphocytes and plasmocytes. This association was suggestive of emperipolesis. The unusual clinicopathologic features caused some diagnostic difficulty.
Key words:
dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans - emperipolesis - giant cell fibroblastoma - myxoinflammatory fibroblastic sarcoma - Rosai-Dorfman disease
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