Desmoplastic Fibroblastoma (DF) is a rare fibrotic tumor that has a wide anatomic distribution and it can appearin deep sections of the subcutis, in fascia, in aponeurosis or in skeletal muscles that rare- ly involving bone. The differential diagnosis of DF includes benign and malignant soft tissue tumors and the misdiagnosis may cause unnecessary surgical overtreatment, especially for those involving bone. We report the case of a 54-year-old man admitted to the Hand and Microsurgery Unitwith a painless, slow-growing mass in the left- foot. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) revealed a well-defined, lobulated soft tissue mass with some areas of hypointense signal on T1-weighted images, predominantly hyperintense signal with some areas of hypointense signal on T2-weighted images. The dimension of tumor is5.5 x 5 cm and a cut section appeared to bewell-circum- scribed and homogeneously gray-white and very firm in nature. The lesion was totally removed by surgical excision and it was pathologically confirmed to DF.
Desmoplastic Fibroblastoma (Collagenous Fibroma): A Case Report / Taccogna, Silvia; Ienzi, Sara; Molayem, Iakov; D’Angelo, Martina; Pagnotta, Alessia; Lippi, Basilio; Guarino, Margherita. - In: ARCHIVES OF SURGERY AND SURGICAL EDUCATION. - ISSN 2689-3126. - (2020). [10.24966/ASSE-3126/100010]
Desmoplastic Fibroblastoma (Collagenous Fibroma): A Case Report.
Iakov Molayem;
2020
Abstract
Desmoplastic Fibroblastoma (DF) is a rare fibrotic tumor that has a wide anatomic distribution and it can appearin deep sections of the subcutis, in fascia, in aponeurosis or in skeletal muscles that rare- ly involving bone. The differential diagnosis of DF includes benign and malignant soft tissue tumors and the misdiagnosis may cause unnecessary surgical overtreatment, especially for those involving bone. We report the case of a 54-year-old man admitted to the Hand and Microsurgery Unitwith a painless, slow-growing mass in the left- foot. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) revealed a well-defined, lobulated soft tissue mass with some areas of hypointense signal on T1-weighted images, predominantly hyperintense signal with some areas of hypointense signal on T2-weighted images. The dimension of tumor is5.5 x 5 cm and a cut section appeared to bewell-circum- scribed and homogeneously gray-white and very firm in nature. The lesion was totally removed by surgical excision and it was pathologically confirmed to DF.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
