DESMOPLASTIC FIBROBLASTOMA (COLLAGENOUS FIBROMA): REPORT OF A RARE CASE IN A FEMALE

Abstract

M. S. Siddegowda1, Shoba K. L2, H. R. Shobha3

INTRODUCTION: Desmoplastic fibroma is a rare benign subcutaneous tumour that most commonly affects men. The term 'Desmoplastic fibroblastoma' was first coined by Evans in 1995 and was renamed "Collagenous fibroma" by Nielsen in 1996.1 A unique fibrous soft tissue tumor comprising of spindle to stellate-shaped fibroblastic cells sparsely distributed in dense fibrous background.2 Here with we are reporting a case of Desmoplastic fibroma in the nape of the neck in a middle aged female.

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