title: Collagenous fibroma (desmoplastic fibroblastoma): a new case originating in the palate.
abstract: A 49-year-old woman presented with a painless slowly growing but huge polypoid palatal mass. On magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), areas of low signal intensity were consistent with a fibrous tumour. T(1) and T(2) weighted MRI after Gd-DTPA administration highlighted a well-circumscribed, purely soft tissue process. Histological analysis of the operative specimen detected collagenous fibroma (desmoplastic fibroblastoma). The patient remains disease-free 4 years after excision.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Surgery, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical School, 1981 Kamoda, Kawagoe, Saitama 350-8550, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimoyama
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Horie
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ide
mesh_terms: D003094:Collagen; D005260:Female; D018220:Fibroma, Desmoplastic / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D010157:Palatal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D003094:Collagen