premalignant fibroepithelioma /-məlig″nənt/ [L, prae + malignus, bad disposition, fibra, fiber; Gk, epi, above, thele, nipple, oma, tumor] , an elevated white- or flesh-colored sessile neoplasm formed of interlacing ribbons of epithelial cells on a hyperplastic mesodermal stroma. The tumor occurs most often on the lower trunk of older people and may be found in association with or develop into superficial basal cell carcinoma.
