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spindle-cell tumors

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spindle-cell tumors, spindle-cell carcinoma
tumors that arise from spindle-shaped cells of the dermis and subcutis.

cutaneous spindle-cell tumors-c. tumors
include fibroma, fibrous histiocytoma, schwannoma, hemangiopericytoma and their corresponding malignant counterparts, equine sarcoid, collagen nevi, papilloma-virus-induced fibropapillomas and spindle-cell dermal melanomas.


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