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histiocytoma
(redirected from benign fibrous histiocytoma)

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histiocytoma /his·tio·cyt·oma/ (his″te-o-si-to´mah) a tumor containing histiocytes (macrophages).
benign fibrous histiocytoma  any of a group of benign neoplasms occurring in the dermis and characterized by histiocytes and fibroblasts; the term sometimes encompasses several types of neoplasms, such as dermatofibroma, nodular subepidermal fibrosis, and sclerosing hemangioma and sometimes is synonymous with one of these.
malignant fibrous histiocytoma  any of a group of malignant neoplasms containing cells resembling histiocytes and fibroblasts.

his·ti·o·cy·to·ma (hst--s-tm)
n. pl. his·ti·o·cy·to·mas or his·ti·o·cy·to·ma·ta (-m-t)
A tumor composed of histiocytes.

histiocytoma
a tumor containing histiocytes.
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Histiocytoma. By permission from Kummel BA, Color Atlas of Small Animal Dermatology, Mosby, 1989

atypical histiocytoma
Merkel cell tumor.
benign cutaneous histiocytoma
multiple, dermal histiocytic nodules in young dogs; no clinical significance, eventually disappear.
transmissible histiocytoma
canine transmissible venereal tumor.


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Surgical Tumor types Thorotrast DU Ta control Benign tumors Benign fibrous histiocytoma 0 1 0 0 Fibroma 0 1 (a) 0 0 Granular cell myoblastoma 1 0 0 0 Malignant tumors Malignant fibrous histiocytoma 13 7 (a) 2 0 Fibrosarcoma 10 2 0 0 Osteosarcoma 1 2 0 0 (a) One rat had two tumors associated with separate implants.
[2] Benign fibrous lesions are also uncommon in the sinuses, [3-5] Fibroxanthoma, a low-grade variant of benign fibrous histiocytoma, is characterized by a predominance of xanthomatous histiocytes.
 
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