Giant cell fibroblastomaC44.9

Author:Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

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DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.

Juvenile variant of Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans that occurs during the first decade of life.

Clinical featuresThis section has been translated automatically.

Slowly growing, connective tissue, skin-coloured, coarse, painless lump, dermal or subcutaneously located. In contrast to adult dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans there are no clinical features (localisation, gender distribution).

HistologyThis section has been translated automatically.

Colorful mixture of clumsy spindle cells and giant multinuclear cells embedded in a collagenous or myxoid matrix. There is a histological similarity to giant cell angiofibroma.

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

Author: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer