Cytological diagnosis of superficial acral fibromyxoma: A case report

Superficial acral fibromyxoma (SAF) is a rare, distinctive benign soft tissue lesion that often involves the fingers and toes, with the great toe being the most frequently affected site. We report a case of SAF diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology and confirmed by histopathology. The pre-ope...

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Autores principales: Raghupathi, Divakar Sullery, Krishnamurthy, Jayashree, Kakoti, Lopa Mudra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4408678/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25948945
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-9371.155234
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author Raghupathi, Divakar Sullery
Krishnamurthy, Jayashree
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description Superficial acral fibromyxoma (SAF) is a rare, distinctive benign soft tissue lesion that often involves the fingers and toes, with the great toe being the most frequently affected site. We report a case of SAF diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology and confirmed by histopathology. The pre-operative cytological diagnosis will help the surgeon to plan for a wider excision that prevents recurrence.
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spelling pubmed-44086782015-05-06 Cytological diagnosis of superficial acral fibromyxoma: A case report Raghupathi, Divakar Sullery Krishnamurthy, Jayashree Kakoti, Lopa Mudra J Cytol Case Report Superficial acral fibromyxoma (SAF) is a rare, distinctive benign soft tissue lesion that often involves the fingers and toes, with the great toe being the most frequently affected site. We report a case of SAF diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology and confirmed by histopathology. The pre-operative cytological diagnosis will help the surgeon to plan for a wider excision that prevents recurrence. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4408678/ /pubmed/25948945 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-9371.155234 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Cytology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Cytological diagnosis of superficial acral fibromyxoma: A case report
title Cytological diagnosis of superficial acral fibromyxoma: A case report
title_full Cytological diagnosis of superficial acral fibromyxoma: A case report
title_fullStr Cytological diagnosis of superficial acral fibromyxoma: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Cytological diagnosis of superficial acral fibromyxoma: A case report
title_short Cytological diagnosis of superficial acral fibromyxoma: A case report
title_sort cytological diagnosis of superficial acral fibromyxoma: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4408678/
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