RT Book, Section
A1 Bresler, Scott C.
A1 Kraft, Stefan
A1 Hornick, Jason L.
A1 Granter, Scott R.
A2 Barnhill, Raymond L.
A2 Crowson, A. Neil
A2 Magro, Cynthia M.
A2 Piepkorn, Michael W.
A2 Kutzner, Heinz
A2 Desman, Garrett T.
SR Print(0)
ID 1178405978
T1 Fibrous and Fibrohistiocytic Tumors
T2 Barnhill's Dermatopathology, 4e
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071828222
LK dermatology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1178405978
RD 2024/10/09
AB Tumors  of  fibrous  tissue  are  common  and  histologically  diverse.  In  addition,  new  entities  continue  to  be  described.  The  behavior  and  overall  prognosis  of  these  lesions  is  highly  varied,  so  precise  classification  is  required.  It  cannot  be  emphasized  enough  that  the  behavior  of  fibrous  tumors  may  be  difficult  to  predict  based  on  traditional  histologic  concepts.  For  example,  the  morphologic  features  of  some  tumors,  such  as  low-grade  fibromyxoid  sarcoma  (LGFMS)  and  atypical  fibroxanthoma  (AFX),  do  not  reflect  their  biologic  behavior.  For  this  reason,  the  pathologist  should  not  attempt  to  predict  the  clinical  behavior  of  mesenchymal  tumors  without  a  firm  histologic  diagnosis.