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We report the case of an 11-year-old male patient with a histopathological and immunohistochemical diagnosis of dermatofibroma with an atypical clinical presentation on the right forearm. Although dermatofibroma is considered a benign skin tumor, some of its differential diagnoses, such as dermatofi...

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Published in:	Anais brasileiros de dermatología Vol. 89; no. 3; pp. 519 - 520
Main Authors:	Felipe Maurício Soeiro Sampaio, Gustavo Vieira Gualberto, Fernando Gustavo Mósca de Cerqueira, Ana Maria Mósca de Cerqueira, Curt Mafra Treu, Thiago Jeunon de Sousa Vargas
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 01-06-2014
Subjects:	Dermatofibrosarcoma Histiocytoma, benign fibrous Keloid
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Summary:	We report the case of an 11-year-old male patient with a histopathological and immunohistochemical diagnosis of dermatofibroma with an atypical clinical presentation on the right forearm. Although dermatofibroma is considered a benign skin tumor, some of its differential diagnoses, such as dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans and malignant fibrous histiocytoma, are truly aggressive. Lesions with atypical clinical aspects and topology associated with specific histopathological variants are some of the criteria for complete tumor excision.
ISSN:	0365-0596
DOI:	10.1590/abd1806-4841.20142507