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. 2024 Dec;80(Suppl 1):S392-S394.
doi: 10.1016/j.mjafi.2023.04.006. Epub 2023 Jun 12.

Dermatofibroma with 'monster cells'

Mandeep Kaur  1 , Manas Ranjan Pattnaik  2 , Manoj Gopal Madakshira  3
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Dermatofibroma with 'monster cells'

Mandeep Kaur et al. Med J Armed Forces India. 2024 Dec.
No abstract available

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Figures

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Homogenous whitish cut surface of the gross specimen.
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Haematoxylin and Eosin (40x magnification). Tumour is composed of an admixture of spindle and scattered foamy cells in a collagenous background.
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(A–D) Haematoxylin and Eosin (400x magnification). Many tumour cells have bizarre ‘monster’-shaped nuclei.
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A) Immunohistochemistry with CD34 shows interrupted membranous staining in tumour cells with endothelial cells being internal control. (B) Immunohistochemistry with CD68 shows patchy granular cytoplasmic staining in the foamy cells.
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