Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) is a relatively uncommon soft tissue tumor with intermediate-to-low grade malignancy. There is usually little nuclear pleomorfism and only low to moderate mitotic activity. Conventional DFSP, usually have fewer than 5 mitotic figures/10 high-power fields. We describe a case of a 74year old male patient who presented to the surgical clinic with active bleed...

Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans is a locally aggressive skin tumor that affects young and middle-aged adults. A number of histological variants have been described, the myxoid type being one of the least common. Microscopically it is formed of a neoplastic growth that is located in the dermis and hypodermis and has a predominant myxoid component. Peripherally there are infiltrating bundles of s...

Dermatofibrosarcoma is a rare, slow-growing and fibrohistocytic neoplasm. It is locally aggressive tumor and potential for distant metastasis is low. It nature is intermediate to low-grade malignancy. It is commonly seen on the trunk followed by the proximal extremities and the head and neck . We came across one such case who presented with 40yrs of age with swelling over supra umbilical midlin...

Dermatofibrosarcoma protruberans is a relatively uncommon slow growing, locally aggressive fibrous tumor of the skin. It has a prospensity of progressing to fibrosarcomatous change in 5% of the cases. We present a case of a 56 yr old male with presented to the outpatient department of surgery, Sri Siddhartha Medical College, Tumkur with a chest swelling in 2013. FNAC was inconclusive and the ma...

INTRODUCTION Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans is a rare neoplasm of soft tissues and its location in the breast is extremely uncommon. Confusion is possible with other primary breast lesions. CASE PRESENTATION A 75-year-old Caucasian woman presented with a mass in her left breast 21 years after being diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma of the right breast, treated by a right mastectomy an...

BACKGROUND Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans is an uncommon, locally aggressive but rarely metastasizing tumor of the deep dermis and subcutaneous tissue. It may occur at almost any site but is most common in the trunk and extremities. Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans of the breast has been rarely reported. CASE PRESENTATION A 49-year-old woman without a significant medical history presented wit...

Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) is a rare, low-grade, cutaneous neoplasm with pronounced tendency for local recurrence. A case of DFSP that showed direct infiltration into the underlying bone marrow is described. To the best of our knowledge, such direct bony involvement by dermatofibrosarcoma has not been reported in the English literature to date. The role of imaging is also discussed ...

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. A multimodal approach was used for the management of this patient: surgery, radiotherapy and targeted therapy with Imatinib. The patient is alive with stable disease after thirty months of the metast...

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 rare case of Bednar tumor in a 40-year-old female patient. The diagnosis of Bednar tumor must be considered while reporting pigmented subcutan...