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Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans of the great toe with 40-years duration: Report of a rare case

Current Problems in Cancer: Case Reports, 2021
Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans has been described as a rare, locally invasive, low-grade malignant fibroblastic sarcoma of the skin with very slow growth and a high rate of recurrence after incomplete removal that usually affects middle-aged patients ...
Svetoslav A. Slavchev, Julian Ananiev, Georgi P. Georgiev   +2 more
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Merkel cell carcinoma metastasis and dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans presenting as a collision tumour: a case report and review of the literature

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2009
Introduction Merkel cell carcinoma and dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans are two very rare neoplasms. The simultaneous occurrence of two different tumour entities at the same anatomical site, collision tumours, is a rare phenomenon.
Tilkorn Daniel-Johannes, Lehnhardt Marcus, Hauser Jörg, Daigler Adrien, Homann Heinz, Steinau Hans, Kuhnen Cornelius   +6 more
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Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans (DFSP) with Fibrosarcomatous Changes in a Patient with Crohn’s Disease Treated with Anti-TNF (Adalimumab)

Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine, 2023
Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) is a low-to-intermediate grade sarcoma with a reported incidence of 4.1 per million person-years. Despite its local invasiveness, it rarely metastasizes (5% of cases).
Ivo Klarin
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Bednar Tumor: An Uncommon Entity

Dermatopathology, 2016
Bednar tumor is an uncommon variant of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans. Also known as pigmented dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans, this tumor is of intermediate grade. It is seen in adults and has a predisposition to affect the shoulder region. We report a
Gayathri P. Amonkar, Asha Rupani, Ajay Shah, Ramesh Deshpande   +3 more
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Pulmonary metastasis of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans

Pulmonology
Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans is a rare, locally aggressive sarcoma with a low metastatic potential. This report describes a 73-year-old woman with a history of recurrent scalp dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans who presented with an asymptomatic ...
Qinghua Cao, Cuiping Zhang, Lixia Li, Haifei Li, Xiang Li, Fan Wanfeng   +5 more
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Anterior abdominal wall dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans: a case report

Journal of Society of Surgeons of Nepal, 2016
Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans is a rare low-grade fibrohistiocytic tumor ,common in age group of 20 to 50 years. Histologically, it is diagnosed on the basis of a spindle-cell tumor arranged in small bundles in a characteristic cartwheel pattern ...
R Ghimire, S Subedi, A Sharma, Sandeep Bohara   +3 more
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“Deep” vertical Mohs and closure with a tumor-free flap for dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans: A case report

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2019
Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans is an uncommon low-grade malignant tumor that can invade locally and rarely metastasize. Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans has a high rate of local recurrence due to incomplete excision, especially in deep tissues. Morbidity
Ann M John, Gina Francisco, Radhika Srivastava, Hamza Bhatti, Babar K Rao   +4 more
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Clinical insights into dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans [PDF]

, 2023
Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) is a rare, locally aggressive cutaneous soft tissue sarcoma, it is the second most common skin sarcoma after Kaposi's sarcoma. The cause of DFSP remains unknown.
Arias, Francisco J. C., Campa, Alondra Y. E., Campa, Kassandra J. E., Estrada, Jorge L. G., Meza, Guillermo C. G.   +4 more
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CD34‐positive superficial myxofibrosarcoma: a potential diagnostic pitfall [PDF]

, 2013
Background Myxofibrosarcoma (MFS) arises most commonly in the proximal extremities of the elderly, where it may involve subcutaneous and dermal tissues and masquerade as benign entities in limited biopsy samples.
Fullen, Douglas R., Lucas, David R., Ma, Linglei, McHugh, Jonathan B., Patel, Rajiv M., Poznanski, Ann A., Smith, Steven C.   +6 more
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Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans with lung metastasis requiring pneumonectomy

Rare Tumors, 2015
We report the case of a young man diagnosed with dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans lung metastases seven years after primary tumor resection. Notably, no previous local recurrences had been observed.
Ana Collazo Lorduy, Berta Obispo, Karen Villar, David Buchser, Jacobo Rogado, Maria Dolores Fenor de la Maza, Yolanda Lage Alfranca, Ramon Colomer   +7 more
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