Ossifying dermatofibroma with osteoclast-like giant cells

Am J Dermatopathol. 1994 Apr;16(2):193-5. doi: 10.1097/00000372-199404000-00017.

Abstract

Dermatofibroma or cutaneous fibrous histiocytoma is a common cutaneous tumor. Rare histologic variants have been described. We report another variant of dermatofibroma characterized by osteoclast-like giant cells with metaplastic bone formation. Clinically the lesion was a small, brown, hard papule of several months' duration on the left anterior leg of a 58-year-old woman.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Ossification, Heterotopic / pathology*
  • Osteoclasts / pathology*
  • Skin / pathology
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology*