title: Pleomorphic fibroma of skin. A case report and immunohistochemical study.
abstract: An immunohistochemical study of a clinically benin but cytologically atypical mesenchymal lesion of the skin is presented. This lesion has been previously reported as pleomorphic fibroma and was shown to follow a benign course with a potential for local recurrence. These lesions contain occasional markedly atypical enlarged spindle cells with anaplastic-appearing nuclei. Nonmirror image mitotic figures may be present. Histogenesis of this neoplasm remains controversial with a fibroblastic origin being favored by previous authors. Our immunohistochemical findings would support this conclusion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, UCLA School of Medicine.
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Layfield
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Fain
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005350:Fibroma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure