Case Reports in Medicine
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 620910, 3 pages
doi:10.1155/2010/620910
Case Report

Rapidly Evolving Giant Dermatofibroma

K. J. Lang,1 S. Lidder,2 M. Hofer,3 C. Graham,3 and A. Taylor1

1Department of General Surgery, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Mandeville Road, Aylesbury, Bucks, HP21 8AL, UK
2Department of Plastic Surgery, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Mandeville Road, Aylesbury, Bucks, HP21 8AL, UK
3Department of Histopathology, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Mandeville Road, Aylesbury, Bucks, HP21 8AL, UK

Received 5 December 2009; Revised 19 January 2010; Accepted 25 January 2010

Academic Editor: Klaus F. Helm

Copyright © 2010 K. J. Lang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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