Definition: A fibrous tumor is a tumor that elaborate a significant amount of collagen. Fibroous tumors often contain numerous fibroblastic or myofibroblastic cells (fibroblastic tumors/myofibroblastic tumors
Types
cutaneous fibrous tumors (superficial fibrous tumors)
deep fibrous tumors
Classification
Reactive lesions
- hypertrophic scars
- keloid
Benign neoplasms
- acrochordon (skin tag, soft fibroma)
- storiform collagenoma (sclerotic fibroma)
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myofibroblastic tumors
- dermatomyofibroma
- solitary myofibroma
- infantile myofibromatosis
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fibromas
- fibroma of tendon sheath
- calcifying aponeurotic fibroma
- infantile digital fibromatosis (inclusion body fibromatosis)
- knuckle pad
- Acquired digital fibrokeratoma
- fibrous hamartoma of infancy
- juvenile hyalin fibromatosis
- nodular fasciitis
- proliferative myositis
- elastofibroma
- fibrous hamartoma
- infantile digital fibroma
- sclerosing perineurioma
benign fibrous histiocytofibroma (dermatofibroma)
Locally aggressive fibrous lesions
- palmar fibromatosis
- plantar fibromatosis
- penile fibromatosis
- desmoid fibromatosis (desmoid fibromas)
Low-grade malignant lesions
Malignant lesions
- ETV6-NTRK3+ infantile fibrosarcoma
- adult-type fibrosarcoma
See also:
sclerosing tumors
fibroblastic tumors
myofibroblastic tumors