Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans: A case report of a rare, bulky tumor that was managed with surgical therapy

We report a case of this rare tumor and describe the surgical approach that we adopted and the clinical outcome; we also report his condition at 24 months' follow-up. Although treatment was with radical surgery, sufficient shoulder function could be obtained in our patient. We also describe the...

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Autores principales: Yılmaz, Ahmet, Çenesizoglu, Erol, Eğilmez, Ertuğrul, Önel, Safa, Muştu, Mehdi, Cennet, Ahmet
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2895297/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20616952
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-6042.48432
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Sumario:We report a case of this rare tumor and describe the surgical approach that we adopted and the clinical outcome; we also report his condition at 24 months' follow-up. Although treatment was with radical surgery, sufficient shoulder function could be obtained in our patient. We also describe the interesting MR findings of this tumor which correlated well with the histopathologic findings.

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