Dermatofibroma differential diagnosis

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [2]

Differential Diagnosis

• Deep penetrating dermatofibroma may be difficult to distinguish, even histologically, from rare malignant fibrohistocytic tumors e.g dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans