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Case Reports
. 2011 Jun 21:2011:bcr1220103572.
doi: 10.1136/bcr.12.2010.3572.

Tumefactive fibroinflammatory lesion: a rare aetiology for a neck mass in an old Iranian man

F Binesh  1 , S H Taghipour, H Navabii
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Case Reports

Tumefactive fibroinflammatory lesion: a rare aetiology for a neck mass in an old Iranian man

F Binesh et al. BMJ Case Rep. .

Abstract

Tumefactive fibroinflammatory lesion (TFIL) is a rare idiopathic, histologically benign appearing, tumour-forming fibrosclerosing lesion that clinically simulates a malignant neoplasm. There have been limited case reports of TFIL in foreign literature but none from Iran. Here, the authors report a case of TFIL in a 73-year-old Iranian man.

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Proliferating fibrous tumour with bands of collagen.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Prominent inflammatory infiltrate in TFIL.
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