Ossifying dermatofibroma with osteoclast-like giant cells.
Dermatofibroma or cutaneous fibrous histiocytoma is a common cutaneous tumor. Rare histologic variants have been described. We report another variant of dermatofibroma characterized by osteoclast-like giant cells with metaplastic bone formation. Clinically the lesion was a small, brown, hard papule of several months' duration on the left anterior leg of a 58-year-old woman.
Department of Pathology, Chang Gung Medical College, Kwei San, Tao Yuan, Taiwan.
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D005260:Female; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000473:pathology*; D010010:Osteoclasts / Q000473:pathology*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*