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01-09-2013 | Case Report
Desmoplastic Fibroblastoma Presenting as a Parotid Tumour: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Authors:
Vinayak Nagaraja, Hedley G. Coleman, Gary J. Morgan
Published in:
Head and Neck Pathology
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Issue 3/2013
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Abstract
Desmoplastic fibroblastomas (DFs) are rare fibrous soft tissue tumours that usually arise in subcutaneous tissue or skeletal muscle in a variety of anatomical sites. These lesions most frequently present as painless, slow-growing mobile masses. A case of DF is described in a 47-year-old man who presented with a painless right parotid mass of 2 months duration. At surgery, the lesion was attached to the tail of the right parotid gland. Histopathological examination demonstrated a fibrous lesion comprising spindled and stellate shaped fibroblasts with focal myxoid stromal change. The features were consistent with a DF. This report documents a rare parotid lesion which may mimic other more common parotid gland neoplasms.