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Malignant fibrous xanthomas

Joseph E. O’Brien, Arthur Purdy Stout

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A among pathologists and oncologists that fibrous xanthomas may become malignant, proof of this is so meager that textbooks generally ignore the subject or sometimes state that the fibrous xanthoma is always benign.We were convinced that there are malignant examples, both because of the experience of one of us (A.P.S.) with studies of such tumors in children7 and in tissue culture,12 and also

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A among pathologists and oncologists that fibrous xanthomas may become malignant, proof of this is so meager that textbooks generally ignore the subject or sometimes state that the fibrous xanthoma is always benign.We were convinced that there are malignant examples, both because of the experience of one of us (A.P.S.) with studies of such tumors in children7 and in tissue culture,12 and also

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A among pathologists and oncologists that fibrous xanthomas may become malignant, proof of this is so meager that textbooks generally ignore the subject or sometimes state that the fibrous xanthoma is always benign.We were convinced that there are malignant examples, both because of the experience of one of us (A.P.S.) with studies of such tumors in children7 and in tissue culture,12 and also

Key concepts: Columbia university, Medicine, Surgical pathology, University hospital, Anatomical pathology, General surgery, Pathology, Surgery

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