| CASE REPORT |
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| Year : 2008 | Volume
: 74
| Issue : 1 | Page : 56--58 |
Adult cutaneous myofibroma
V Patel, V Kharkar, U Khopkar
Department of Dermatology, KEM Hospital and GS Medical College, Mumbai, India
Correspondence Address:
V Kharkar
Department of Dermatology, KEM Hospital and GS Medical College, Parel, Mumbai - 12
India
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.38412 PMID: 18187828
A 63-year-old male presented with an asymptomatic, slow-growing swelling on the right lower limb for the past one and half years. The histopathology revealed a lobular neoplasm with a biphasic pattern of spindle shaped cells and hemangiopericytoma like areas at the periphery of the lobule. The diagnosis of adult cutaneous myofibroma was made. This case highlights the importance of histopathology in reaching a definitive diagnosis.
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