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American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2022, 10(8), 210-213
DOI: 10.12691/AJMCR-10-8-9
Case Report

Atypical Fibroxanthoma in Young Omani Teenager a Rare Presentation Case Report and Literature Review

Sheikhan Al Hashmi1, Amina Al-Yaqoobi1, , Hunaina Alkindi2, Mina George2 and Zahra Alabri2

1Plastic surgery and reconstruction surgery, Khoula Hospital, Muscat, Oman

2Histopathology Department, Khoula Hospital, Muscat, Oman

Pub. Date: August 23, 2022
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Sheikhan Al Hashmi, Amina Al-Yaqoobi, Hunaina Alkindi, Mina George and Zahra Alabri. Atypical Fibroxanthoma in Young Omani Teenager a Rare Presentation Case Report and Literature Review. American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2022; 10(8):210-213. doi: 10.12691/AJMCR-10-8-9

Abstract

Cutaneous Atypical fibroxanthoma (AFX) typically occurs on the head and neck of sun-damaged areas in older Caucasians & it's a diagnosis by exclusion of other malignant neoplasms with similar histopathology or morphology. In this case report and literature review, we report a much less common presentation as the first case to our knowledge of AFX on a teenage female with darker skin, this lesion on the dominant hand that needed re-excision in order to get a clear margin. A high index of suspicion of this less common type in a younger patient presenting with a cutaneous nodule is to be kept in mind to minimize the number of excisions and increase patient's satisfaction.

Keywords

Atypical fibroxanthoma, Skin neoplasms, young patient

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