Calcifying fibrous tumor: a case report

Turk Patoloji Derg. 2015;31(2):141-4. doi: 10.5146/tjpath.2013.01216.

Abstract

Calcifying fibrous tumors are rarely seen and affect mostly children and young adults. A 21-year-old man presented with multiple palpable masses in the area from the right inguinal region to the anteromedial thigh. We performed a diagnostic excisional biopsy. Histopathologically, it was composed of fibroblasts, psammoma bodies, dystrophic calcifications and foci of mononuclear inflammatory cell infiltration in a collagenous dense stroma. We herein reported a case of calcifying fibrous tumor and discussed its clinical and morphological features with regard to the literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Biomarkers, Tumor / analysis
  • Biopsy
  • Calcinosis / metabolism
  • Calcinosis / pathology*
  • Calcinosis / surgery
  • Collagen / analysis
  • Fibroblasts / chemistry
  • Fibroblasts / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Neoplasms, Fibrous Tissue / chemistry
  • Neoplasms, Fibrous Tissue / pathology*
  • Neoplasms, Fibrous Tissue / surgery
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / chemistry
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / surgery
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • Collagen