Figure 1. Advanced dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans of the abdominal wall. Preoperative photographs demonstrate the significance of the lesion, with the supine position being the most impressive to appreciate the fungating and necrotic nature of the mass.

A patient with enormous recurrent dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans underwent modified three-dimensional histology surgery. Frozen-section examination was used to identify the margins. The patient had a normal postoperative course.

Carcinosarcoma of the adult kidney is a very rare tumour and there are only a few well documented cases in the literature. In this report such a tumour is described from a 50-year-old white male, which progressed very rapidly with widespread metastases. Histologically, the tumour consisted of renal cell carcinoma and fibrosarcomatous components. The interesting features in this case were that b...

BACKGROUND Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans is an uncommon skin tumour with a low to intermediate-grade of malignancy, characterized by progressive growth and a propensity for local recurrence. PATIENTS AND METHODS A retrospective study of a series of 16 consecutive patients with dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans who were treated in the host Institution over the last seven years was performed, w...

BACKGROUND Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans is a rare tumor, representing about 0.1% of skin malignant tumors. It is characterized by local aggressiveness with significant potential for recurrence. Although metastasis is rare, it does occur. We report a case of a Burkinabe woman with dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans. CASE PRESENTATION A 27-year-old Burkinabe woman consulted our institution for ...

Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans is an uncommon locally aggressive malignant neoplasm that most frequently appears in the trunk, followed by the extremities, head, and neck. But occurrence in the breast is extremely rare. We present a case of a 28-year-old woman, who had a history of trauma 5 years previously and excision 1 year before presentation at our clinic. We performed wide excision, toge...

Vol. 26 No. 5, 2014 645 Received December 7, 2012, Revised September 7, 2013, Accepted for publication October 5, 2013 Corresponding author: Jin-Wou Kim, Department of Dermatology, The Catholic University of Korea, Uijeongbu St. Mary’s Hospital, 271 Cheonbo-ro, Uijeongbu 480-717, Korea. Tel: 82-31-820-3031, Fax: 82-31-846-4799, E-mail: jwkim52@ catholic.ac.kr This is an Open Access article dist...

We report the case of a 62-year-old Caucasian female with an 11-year history of an asymptomatic and unchanging plaque on her left shoulder. Physical examination revealed a 2.5cm round atrophic plaque with slight central nodularity and telangiectasias overlying a light-brown pigment network. The lesion was clinically most consistent with a scar from a prior surgical procedure. However, as there ...