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cutaneous fibrous tumors

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Classification

- Reactive lesions

  • hypertrophic scars
  • keloid

- Benign neoplasms

- Locally aggressive fibrous lesions

  • palmar fibromatosis
  • plantar fibromatosis
  • penile fibromatosis
  • desmoid fibromatosis

- Low-grade malignant lesions

- Malignant lesions

Features

- hyaline cytoplasmic globules -> juvenile digital fibroma
- EMA+ epithelioid cells -> sclerosing perineurioma

References

- Mehregan AH. Superficial fibrous tumors in childhood. J Cutan Pathol. 1981 Oct;8(5):321-34. PMID: 7037883

- Keasbey LE. Juvenile aponeurotic fibroma (calcifying fibroma); a distinctive tumor arising in the palms and soles of young children. Cancer. 1953 Mar;6(2):338-46. PMID: 13032926