Collagenous Fibroma (Desmoplastic Fibroblastoma) .
10.3349/ymj.2004.45.5.941
- Author:
Muharrem DAGLI
1
;
Adil ERYILMAZ
;
Aydin ACAR
;
Sezer KULACOGLU
;
Halit AKMANSU
Author Information
1. Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Ankara Numune Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. mdagli@hotmail.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Collagenous fibroma;
desmoplastic fibroblastoma;
fibroblastic;
soft tissue lesion;
neck mass
- MeSH:
Adult;
Female;
Fibroma, Desmoplastic/*pathology;
Humans;
Soft Tissue Neoplasms/*pathology
- From:Yonsei Medical Journal
2004;45(5):941-943
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
A Collagenous Fibroma (Desmoplastic Fibroblastoma) is a rare, benign, slowly growing, fibroblastic, soft tissue lesion. Here, the case of a 28-year-old woman, who presented with a 1-year history of a slowly growing painless mass in the right anterior aspect of her neck, is described. This type of tumor was first described by Evans in 1995, and named as a Desmoplastic fibroblastoma but was renamed, by Nielsen in 1996 as a Collagenous Fibroma. This type of tumor is frequently reported in men with a mean age at occurance of 50 years. Clinically, a Collagenous fibroma presents as a firm, well-circumscribed subcutaneous, or intramuscular, painless mass of long duration. They are mostly located in the neck and extremities. The tumors range in size from 1 to 20 cm and predominantly occurs within the subcutaneous tissue, but fascial and skeletal muscle involvement is common. The treatment of a Collagenous Fibroma is a total surgical excision. No tumor recurrence has been reported the literature during the follow-up period and no tumor recurrence was observed in our case at the 1-year follow-up.
