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fibrosarcoma
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fibrosarcoma /fi·bro·sar·co·ma/ (-sahr-ko´mah) a malignant, locally invasive, hematogenously spreading tumor derived from collagen-producing fibroblasts that are otherwise undifferentiated.
ameloblastic fibrosarcoma  an odontogenic tumor that is the malignant counterpart to an ameloblastic fibroma, within which it usually arises.
odontogenic fibrosarcoma  a malignant tumor of the jaws, originating from one of the mesenchymal components of the tooth or tooth germ.

fi·bro·sar·co·ma (fbr-sär-km)
n.
A malignant tumor derived from fibrous connective tissue and characterized by immature proliferating fibroblasts or undifferentiated anaplastic spindle cells.

fibrosarcoma
[-särkō′mə] pl. fibrosarcomas, fibrosarcomata
Etymology: L, fibra + Gk, sarx, flesh, oma, tumor
a sarcoma that contains fibrous connective tissue.

fibrosarcoma (fī´brōsärkō´m),
n a malignant mesenchymal tumor, the basic cell type being a fibroblast. Most fibrosarcomas are locally infiltrative and persistent but do not metastasize.
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Fibrosarcoma.
fibrosarcoma, odontogenic,
n an extremely rare malignant form of odontogenic fibroma.

fibrosarcoma
a sarcoma arising from collagen-producing fibroblasts. They occur in many organs and cause well-identified syndromes, e.g. oral, nasal, gastric.

odontogenic fibrosarcoma
a malignant tumor of the jaws, originating from one of the mesenchymal components of the tooth or tooth germ.


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Pathologic examination confirmed the mass to be a fibrosarcomatous overgrowth in a malignant phyllodes tumor.
4) The presence of fibrosarcomatous change characterized by a replacement of the storiform morphology by a dense herringbone pattern of the spindle cells (7) with a high rate of mitoses indicates a heightened rate of local recurrences.
 
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