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A case of inguinal dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans is presented to review clinical diagnosis challenges, histological variants, malignancy behaviour, and therapeutic modalities.
Wide surgical excision of a myxoid dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans resulted in no recurrence at 3 years follow-up.
Alerts surgeons to consider DFSP in inguinal masses; leaves open optimal management strategies pending larger series.
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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