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Oral Calcifying Fibrous Pseudotumor: Case Analysis and Review

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Calcifying fibrous pseudotumor (CFT) is a rare distinct soft-tissue lesion characterized histologically by lymphoplasmacytic aggregates in a rich collagenized background with abundant psammomatous and dystrophic calcifications. Occurring most often in children and young adults, CFTs are clinically benign lesions that can form over a broad anatomic distribution, including in subcutaneous and deep soft tissues, as well as in serosal and visceral locations. The cause and mechanisms of pathogenesis of CFT are unknown. Simple excision with a margin of normal tissue is the treatment of choice. The risk for local recurrence is low. In this article, we describe a case of CFT in a 29-year-old woman with a 7-cm mass on the right upper gingiva and hard palate, discuss the differential diagnosis with other oral spindle cell lesions, such as, desmoid fibromatosis, nodular fasciitis, inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors, solitary fibrous tumor and also review the recent literature on this rare benign entity.

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  1. Department of Pathology, Unit 85, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    Diana M. Bell & Mario A. Luna

  2. Department of Pathology, St. Joseph Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA

    Roupen H. Dekmezian

  3. Department of Surgery, St. Joseph Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA

    Shaista A. Husain

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Bell, D.M., Dekmezian, R.H., Husain, S.A. et al. Oral Calcifying Fibrous Pseudotumor: Case Analysis and Review. Head and Neck Pathol 2, 343–347 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12105-008-0083-0

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