A Rare Case of Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans of the Thumb in an 80-year-old Woman

Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) has been described as a rare, locally invasive, malignant fibroblastic tumor with a high rate of recurrence that usually affects middle-aged patients. Herein, we describe a rare case of a pedunculated dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans of the right thumb in an 80-...

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Autores principales: Georgiev, Georgi P, Slavchev, Svetoslav A, Ananiev, Julian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
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Pathology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5837259/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29531869
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2016
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author Georgiev, Georgi P
Slavchev, Svetoslav A
Ananiev, Julian
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description Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) has been described as a rare, locally invasive, malignant fibroblastic tumor with a high rate of recurrence that usually affects middle-aged patients. Herein, we describe a rare case of a pedunculated dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans of the right thumb in an 80-year-old woman treated with excision through the base of the pedicle. We also make a brief literature review concerning this tumor.
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spelling pubmed-58372592018-03-12 A Rare Case of Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans of the Thumb in an 80-year-old Woman Georgiev, Georgi P Slavchev, Svetoslav A Ananiev, Julian Cureus Pathology Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) has been described as a rare, locally invasive, malignant fibroblastic tumor with a high rate of recurrence that usually affects middle-aged patients. Herein, we describe a rare case of a pedunculated dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans of the right thumb in an 80-year-old woman treated with excision through the base of the pedicle. We also make a brief literature review concerning this tumor. Cureus 2018-01-02 /pmc/articles/PMC5837259/ /pubmed/29531869 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2016 Text en Copyright © 2018, Georgiev et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Georgiev, Georgi P
Slavchev, Svetoslav A
Ananiev, Julian
A Rare Case of Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans of the Thumb in an 80-year-old Woman
title A Rare Case of Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans of the Thumb in an 80-year-old Woman
title_full A Rare Case of Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans of the Thumb in an 80-year-old Woman
title_fullStr A Rare Case of Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans of the Thumb in an 80-year-old Woman
title_full_unstemmed A Rare Case of Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans of the Thumb in an 80-year-old Woman
title_short A Rare Case of Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans of the Thumb in an 80-year-old Woman
title_sort rare case of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans of the thumb in an 80-year-old woman
topic Pathology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5837259/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29531869
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2016
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