Unusual presentation of dermatofibroma on the face: Case report

Dermatofibroma (DF; Benign Fibrous Histiocytoma) seldom presents on the face. We present an unusual case presentation of translucent nodule on the upper right cheek of the face which was diagnosed clinically as basal cell carcinoma. Physician should include DF in the differential of such lesions.

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Autores principales: AlQusayer, Maha, AlQusayer, Mei, Alkeraye, Salim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6452477/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30997061
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2066
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description Dermatofibroma (DF; Benign Fibrous Histiocytoma) seldom presents on the face. We present an unusual case presentation of translucent nodule on the upper right cheek of the face which was diagnosed clinically as basal cell carcinoma. Physician should include DF in the differential of such lesions.
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spelling pubmed-64524772019-04-17 Unusual presentation of dermatofibroma on the face: Case report AlQusayer, Maha AlQusayer, Mei Alkeraye, Salim Clin Case Rep Case Reports Dermatofibroma (DF; Benign Fibrous Histiocytoma) seldom presents on the face. We present an unusual case presentation of translucent nodule on the upper right cheek of the face which was diagnosed clinically as basal cell carcinoma. Physician should include DF in the differential of such lesions. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019-02-19 /pmc/articles/PMC6452477/ /pubmed/30997061 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2066 Text en © 2019 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Unusual presentation of dermatofibroma on the face: Case report
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title_short Unusual presentation of dermatofibroma on the face: Case report
title_sort unusual presentation of dermatofibroma on the face: case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6452477/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30997061
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2066
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