Benign fibrohistiocytic tumour of the palate

[Solitary fibrous tumour of the smooth palate].

The solid fibrous solitary tumour of the oral cavity is an extremely rare entity. It is also of complicated diagnosis because of its extensive morphologic diversity (especially when there is a small amount of biopsied tissue) and because of its similarity to many mesenchymal injuries, mostly with hemangiopericytoma. The prognosis is reserved because of the few cases reported, mainly depending o...

A Benign Spinal Tumour

A Tete – a – tete of benign, borderline and malignant fibrohistiocytic tumor

Dermatofibrosarcoma protruberans is a relatively uncommon slow growing, locally aggressive fibrous tumor of the skin. It has a prospensity of progressing to fibrosarcomatous change in 5% of the cases. We present a case of a 56 yr old male with presented to the outpatient department of surgery, Sri Siddhartha Medical College, Tumkur with a chest swelling in 2013. FNAC was inconclusive and the ma...

Benign chondrolipomatous tumour of the breast.

Cartilage associated with malignant neoplasms of breast has been known and documented for over 200 years. Benign breast tumours containing cartilage are rare. A case of such a tumour was encountered. Histologically it comprised multiple foci of mature benign cartilage in benign fibrous and adipose stroma. Other cases of similar tumours in the literature are reviewed.

Benign pleural lesions simulating tumour.

Without the aid of thoracotomy it is often difficult to establish a diagnosis in cases of tumour in the thorax. Certain forms of benign pleural changes are likely to be misinterpreted as intrapulmonary, and operation for suspected lung tumour may be carried out. In the cases described here, it was possible to establish the diagnosis without employing thoracotomy. As very little attention appear...