title: [Giant dermatofibroma: case report and review of the literature].
abstract: Dermatofibroma is a very frequent lesion that usually appears as a slowly growing nodule in the dermis, and preferentially involves the lower extremities of women. Several clinical variants have been described. Giant dermatofibroma has been defined as a rare variant of dermatofibroma measuring more than 5 cm that presents typical histological features and a benign biological behavior. We report the case of a 52-year-old man that presented a giant dermatofibroma with a diameter of 6 cm in the right shoulder and we review the few cases of this variant that have been described in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Dermatología, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología,Valencia, España.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hueso
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sanmartín
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alfaro-Rubio
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Serra-Guillén
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martorell
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Llombart
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Requena
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nagore
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Botella-Estrada
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guillén
mesh_terms: D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012074:Remission Induction; D012782:Shoulder; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery