Aneurysmal fibrous histiocytoma: an unusual variant of cutaneous fibrous histiocytoma

Aneurysmal fibrous histiocytoma (AFH) (Santa‐Cruz DJ, Kyriakos M. Aneurysmal (‘Angiomatoid’) fibrous histiocytoma of the skin. Cancer 1981;47:2053–2061) is a distinct but poorly recognized clinicopathological variant of cutaneous fibrous histiocytoma (CFH) that may result from the slow extravasation...

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Published in:Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology 1999-05, Vol.12 (3), p.238-240
Main Authors: McKenna, Dermot B., Kavanagh, Gina M., McLaren, Kathryn M., Tidman, Michael J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aneurysmal fibrous histiocytoma
Dermatofibroma
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Foot
Hemorrhage - pathology
Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous - pathology
Humans
Skin Neoplasms - pathology
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Summary:Aneurysmal fibrous histiocytoma (AFH) (Santa‐Cruz DJ, Kyriakos M. Aneurysmal (‘Angiomatoid’) fibrous histiocytoma of the skin. Cancer 1981;47:2053–2061) is a distinct but poorly recognized clinicopathological variant of cutaneous fibrous histiocytoma (CFH) that may result from the slow extravasation of blood into the tumour. The resulting lesion can have a very different clinicopathological appearance resulting in diagnostic confusion. We describe a patient with an AFH that presented as a pigmented nodule on the foot and discuss clinical recognition and histological differentiation from other tumours.
ISSN:0926-9959
1468-3083
DOI:10.1111/j.1468-3083.1999.tb01035.x