Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans, a rare but locally aggressive tumor on finger: clinical and aeromedical considerations

Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) is a rare, slow growing, locally infiltrative tumor of intermediate malignancy. It is mostly found on the trunk and head, rarely on hands. The course of evaluation and treatment of a young pilot with DFSP on left middle finger is reported. The clinical issues a...

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Autores principales: Chiang, Kwo-Tsao, Lee, Shih-Yu, Chu, Hsin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Informa Healthcare 2015
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4623539/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27252960
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/23320885.2014.995185
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description Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) is a rare, slow growing, locally infiltrative tumor of intermediate malignancy. It is mostly found on the trunk and head, rarely on hands. The course of evaluation and treatment of a young pilot with DFSP on left middle finger is reported. The clinical issues and aeromedical considerations of this rare tumor is discussed.
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spelling pubmed-46235392016-06-01 Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans, a rare but locally aggressive tumor on finger: clinical and aeromedical considerations Chiang, Kwo-Tsao Lee, Shih-Yu Chu, Hsin Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg Case Reports Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) is a rare, slow growing, locally infiltrative tumor of intermediate malignancy. It is mostly found on the trunk and head, rarely on hands. The course of evaluation and treatment of a young pilot with DFSP on left middle finger is reported. The clinical issues and aeromedical considerations of this rare tumor is discussed. Informa Healthcare 2015-01-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4623539/ /pubmed/27252960 http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/23320885.2014.995185 Text en © 2015 The Author(s). Informa Healthcare http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans, a rare but locally aggressive tumor on finger: clinical and aeromedical considerations
title Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans, a rare but locally aggressive tumor on finger: clinical and aeromedical considerations
title_full Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans, a rare but locally aggressive tumor on finger: clinical and aeromedical considerations
title_fullStr Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans, a rare but locally aggressive tumor on finger: clinical and aeromedical considerations
title_full_unstemmed Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans, a rare but locally aggressive tumor on finger: clinical and aeromedical considerations
title_short Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans, a rare but locally aggressive tumor on finger: clinical and aeromedical considerations
title_sort dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans, a rare but locally aggressive tumor on finger: clinical and aeromedical considerations
topic Case Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4623539/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27252960
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/23320885.2014.995185
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