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- Title
[A rare low-grade malignant scalp tumor. Atypical fibroxanthoma].
- Authors
Stepanova, A; Marsch, W C; Stadie, V
- Abstract
A 79-year-old patient presented with an asymptomatic scalp tumor which had grown over the past 9 months. Based on clinical, histological and immunohistochemical staining, we made the diagnosis of an atypical fibroxanthoma (AFX). AFX is a rare tumor, but important in the differential diagnosis of other scalp tumors. The routine histological staining allows one to identify a malignant fibrous histiocytoma, while a spindle-cell malignant melanoma can be excluded with immunohistochemical staining. An anaplastic squamous cell carcinoma cannot always be separated with completed certainty from atypical fibroxanthoma. AFX is a low-grade malignant tumor and most cases behave in a benign fashion. After complete excision, we recommend follow-up for a number of years because of the possibility of local recurrence.
- Publication
Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete, 2005, Vol 56, Issue 7, p679
- ISSN
0017-8470
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00105-004-0832-2