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Cellular fibrous histiocytoma of the skin: Evidence of a clonal process with different karyotype from dermatofibrosarcoma

✍ Scribed by Roberta Vanni; Susanna Marras; Gavino Faa; Sergio Licheri; Giovanni M. Daniele; Christopher D. M. Fletcher

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1997
Tongue: English
Weight: 300 KB
Volume: 18
Category: Article
ISSN: 1045-2257
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2264(199704)18:4<314::aid-gcc11>3.0.co;2-g

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✦ Synopsis

Recently, a distinct variant of cutaneous fibrous histiocytoma (FH) has been histologically characterized as a ''cellular'' subtype. This variant is often mistaken for sarcoma, including dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans. We report a case of cellular FH of the skin in which the cytogenetic analysis demonstrated a novel chromosome pattern, possibly allowing distinction from its histologic simulants.