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... > Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases > Connective Tissue Diseases > Neoplasms, Connective Tissue > Neoplasms, Fibrous Tissue > Histiocytoma > Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous
... > Neoplasms > Neoplasms by Histologic Type > Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue > Neoplasms, Connective Tissue > Neoplasms, Fibrous Tissue > Histiocytoma > Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous

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Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous  

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  • Benign Fibrous Histiocytoma
  • Fibrous Histiocytoma
  • Fibrous Histiocytomas
  • Histiocytoma, Fibrous
  • Histiocytomas, Fibrous

Note

  • benign only; malignant = HISTIOCYTOMA, MALIGNANT FIBROUS; coordinate IM with precoordinated organ/neoplasm term (IM)

Scope note

  • A benign tumor composed, wholly or in part, of cells with the morphologic characteristics of HISTIOCYTES and with various fibroblastic components. Fibrous histiocytomas can occur anywhere in the body. When they occur in the skin, they are called dermatofibromas or sclerosing hemangiomas. (From DeVita Jr et al., Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology, 5th ed, p1747)

History note

  • 2006 (1994)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018219

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