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A Tete - a - tete of benign, borderline and malignant fibrohistiocytic tumor.

Iranian journal of pathology ·Vol. 11 ·No. 3 ·0000-00-00

M V Rashmi, P Pavithra, G M Shivakumarappa

Abstract

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 mass was excised. On histopathology, areas of benign fibrohistiocytic tumor, dermatofibrosarcoma protruberans and fibrosarcomatous dermatofibrosarcoma were identified in the same tumor. Immunohistochemistry confirmed the diagnosis of DFSP with fibrosarcomatous change. Although, transformed DFSP is more aggressive, the prognosis is influenced by the extent of excision and with wide excision, there may be little increased risk for recurrence and metastasis over that of conventional DFSP.

Keywords
Benign fibrous histiocytoma Dermatofibrosarcoma protruberans Fibrosarcoma arising from DFSP
Article Info
Journal
Iranian journal of pathology
Abbr.
Iran J Pathol
ISSN
1735-5303
Published
0000-00-00
Indexed
2016-11-01
Updated
2016-11-03
Language
English
Country/Region
Iran
NLM ID
101515128
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