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

Sheikhan Al Hashmi¹, Amina Al-Yaqoobi^1, , Hunaina Alkindi², Mina George² and Zahra Alabri²

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

²Histopathology Department, Khoula Hospital, Muscat, Oman

Cite this paper:
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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