A Challenging Giant Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans on the Face
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Luis Daniel Mazzuoccolo; Cintia Maricel Arias; Paula Carolina Luna; Gimena Antonia Castro Pérez; Irene Sorín
- Source
- Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine, Vol 2016 (2016)
Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine
- Subject
- medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Soft tissue
Case Report
Dermatology
Fibrohistiocytic tumor
lcsh:RL1-803
medicine.disease
030207 dermatology & venereal diseases
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans
lcsh:Dermatology
Medicine
business
Head and neck
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2090-6471
2090-6463
Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) is a malignant fibrohistiocytic tumor that appears exclusively on the skin. It is a low-grade malignant soft tissue tumor of subcutaneous tissues that has a propensity for local recurrence but seldom metastasizes. It may rarely occur on the head and neck accounting for less than one percent of total head and neck malignancies. We present a man with a giant DFSP on the face. Oncological, functional, and aesthetic aspects are set forth.