Do you typically excise cellular dermatofibromas?

I don't see a reason to remove them beyond cosmetic reasons or patient preference.

I offer re-excision and proceed if the patients elects to. However, I also offer monitoring and inform the patient of the possibility/likelihood of recurrence if not fully excised.

If there is concern about dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP), it would be reasonable to excise, but that concern should be relatively easy to sort out with immunohistochemistry stains (Cluster of Differentiation 34/CD-34). There are some reports of cellular dermatofibromas (DFs) transforming int...