Pathology: desmoplastic fibroblastoma

Desmoplastic fibroblastoma

  • Lobulated; hypocellular; evenly distributed "smudged" stellate-spindle cells

  • Eosinophilic cytoplasm with delicate tapering processes

  • Hyperchromatic ovoid nuclei with occasional binucleation and minimal atypia; inconspicuous mitotic activity

  • Prominent collagenous stroma

Desmoplastic fibroblastoma

  • Lobulated; hypocellular; evenly distributed "smudged" stellate-spindle cells

  • Eosinophilic cytoplasm with delicate tapering processes

  • Hyperchromatic ovoid nuclei with occasional binucleation and minimal atypia; inconspicuous mitotic activity

  • Prominent collagenous stroma

Desmoplastic fibroblastoma

  • Lobulated; hypocellular; evenly distributed "smudged" stellate-spindle cells

  • Eosinophilic cytoplasm with delicate tapering processes

  • Hyperchromatic ovoid nuclei with occasional binucleation and minimal atypia; inconspicuous mitotic activity

  • Prominent dense collagenous-myxoid stroma

Desmoplastic fibroblastoma

  • Lobulated; hypocellular; evenly distributed "smudged" stellate-spindle cells

  • Eosinophilic cytoplasm with delicate tapering processes

  • Hyperchromatic ovoid nuclei with occasional binucleation and minimal atypia; inconspicuous mitotic activity

  • Prominent dense collagenous stroma

Desmoplastic fibroblastoma

  • Lobulated; hypocellular; evenly distributed "smudged" stellate-spindle cells

  • Eosinophilic cytoplasm with delicate tapering processes

  • Hyperchromatic ovoid nuclei with occasional binucleation and minimal atypia; inconspicuous mitotic activity

  • Prominent dense collagenous-myxoid stroma

Desmoplastic fibroblastoma

  • Hypocellular; evenly distributed "smudged" stellate-spindle cells

  • Eosinophilic cytoplasm with delicate tapering processes

  • Hyperchromatic ovoid nuclei with occasional binucleation and minimal atypia; inconspicuous mitotic activity

  • Prominent dense collagenous stroma; inconspicuous vasculature

Desmoplastic fibroblastoma

  • Hypocellular; evenly distributed "smudged" stellate-spindle cells

  • Eosinophilic cytoplasm with delicate tapering processes

  • Hyperchromatic ovoid nuclei with occasional binucleation and minimal atypia; inconspicuous mitotic activity

  • Prominent dense collagenous stroma with occasional "cracking" artifact; inconspicuous vasculature

Desmoplastic fibroblastoma

  • Hypocellular; evenly distributed "smudged" stellate-spindle cells

  • Eosinophilic cytoplasm with delicate tapering processes

  • Hyperchromatic ovoid nuclei with occasional binucleation and minimal atypia; inconspicuous mitotic activity

  • Prominent collagenous stroma