Inguinal Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans: Clinical Case Presentation

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Denzil Garteiz Martínez Diego Leonardo Jorge Alejandro Weber Sánchez

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Denzil Garteiz Martínez
General Surgeon, Hospital Ángeles Lomas, Mexico

A B S T R A C T

Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) is a malignant skin neoplasm of slow growth characteristics. A case of inguinal DFSP is presented in order to review clinical diagnosis challenges, histological variants, malignancy behaviour and therapeutic modalities. Although rare in frequency of presentation, its high recurrence rate and metastatic potential make it an important tumor for the general surgeon to keep in mind.

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Case Report

Publication history

Received: Thu 17, Dec 2020
Accepted: Fri 22, Jan 2021
Published: Sat 30, Jan 2021

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© 2023 Denzil Garteiz Martínez. 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. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.SCR.2021.01.20