creators_name: VS, Shulbha
creators_name: K, Amita
creators_name: KC, Nischal
creators_id: drshulbha@rediffmail.com
creators_id: dramitay@rediffmail.com
editors_name: Kakkilaya, Srinivas
editors_id: Kakkilaya BS
type: journale
datestamp: 2011-12-28 03:02:16
lastmod: 2011-12-28 03:02:16
metadata_visibility: show
title: Epithelioid Cell Histiocytoma – An Unusual Variant of Dermatofibroma at an Uncommon Site
ispublished: pub
subjects: OJHAS
full_text_status: public
keywords: Epithelioid cell histiocytoma; Nose
abstract: Epithelioid cell histiocytoma (ECH) is a rare variant of cutaneous fibrous histiocytoma involving primarily trunk and the extremities. It can delude the pathologist in considering other benign non neoplastic and neoplastic lesions. Awareness of this new entity can avert unnecessary treatment. We report a case of epithelioid cell histiocytoma in a 40 yr old male who presented with a painless nodular swelling over the dorsum of nose. The case is presented here for its rarity and an uncommon site of involvement.
date: 2011-04-15
date_type: published
publication: Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences
volume: 10
number: 1
publisher: BS Kakkilaya
refereed: TRUE
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citation:   VS, Shulbha and K, Amita and KC, Nischal  (2011) Epithelioid Cell Histiocytoma – An Unusual Variant of Dermatofibroma at an Uncommon Site.  [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/7827/1/2011-1-16.pdf