Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans: Male breast

Prabhu, Vinod; Shivani, Aslam; Sh, Kulkarni; Pawar, Vishrabdha

doi:10.4103/0975-2870.122796

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“…Large lesions often are associated with satellite nodules. Immunohistochemistry is an important tool for diagnosis [1,6]. Most of them are CD4 positive.…”

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Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans of the Breast—a Rare Entity

Maji

Paul

Sen

2017

Indian J Surg Oncol

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Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) represents about 1% of soft-tissue sarcomas with an estimated incidence of 0.8 to 5.0 cases per million per year. This lesion may occur anywhere in the body but more than 50% occur on the trunk, 20% on the head and neck and 30% on the extremities. DFSP of the breast is an extremely uncommon site of presentation. Data regarding DFSP of the breast is limited and mostly in the form of case reports. Clinical presentation is not uniform and may mimic benign skin lesions [1]. However, it typically presents as a nodular cutaneous mass in early or mid-adult life. We herein report a case of DFSP of the breast in a 33-year-old lady who was managed successfully in our institute and review the literature associated with it.

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“…Large lesions often are associated with satellite nodules. Immunohistochemistry is an important tool for diagnosis [1,6]. Most of them are CD4 positive.…”

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confidence: 99%

Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans of the Breast—a Rare Entity

Maji

Paul

Sen

2017

Indian J Surg Oncol

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“…Mohs micrographic surgery is preferred in regions such as the head and neck regions, where tissue conservation is an important issue [ 3 ]. However, the lack of expertise in all centres results in using the technique of WLE with or without plastic reconstruction as the surgery of choice [ 10 ].…”

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Recurrent dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans: challenging a surgeon’s dexterity for the ‘tricky’ margins

Diwakar¹,

Wadhwani²,

Paruthi³

2018

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Soft tissue tumours represent 0.2%–1% of all breast malignancies. [Al Tarakji M, Toro A, and Di Carlo I, et al (2015) Unusual presentation of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans in a male patient’s breast: a case report and review of the literature World J Surg Oncol 13 158 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12957-015-0562-1]. Out of those, Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) of the breast is extremely rare, especially in men with only six cases, including this case, reported so far. We report a case of recurrent DFSP in a 35-year-old male after a latency of 8 years in the region of previous surgical scar. It was managed by a wide local excision followed by reconstruction using latissimus dorsi flap. It is important to carefully manage recurrent cases because the post-operative margin status is an important determinant of recurrence, and therefore, requires vigilant resection of the tumour without causing extensive morbidity to the patient.

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“…Of all 69 articles, only 2 were case reports of DFSP in a man’s breast. Reports of two additional male patients with DFSP of the breast were found in a search of Google Scholar during the same time period (Table 1 ) [ 6 - 9 ].…”

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“…reported rare sites including the hand, gluteal region, head and neck region, toe, vulva, and parotid gland. Localization in the breast is very rare [ 9 ].…”

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Unusual presentation of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans in a male patient’s breast: a case report and review of the literature

Tarakji

Toro²,

Carlo

et al. 2015

World J Surg Onc

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We herein present a case report and literature review of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans in the breast of a male patient. A 27-year-old man presented with a painless lump in his right breast with areas of bluish skin discoloration. The diagnostic work-up comprised clinical examination, ultrasonography, core biopsy, mammography, and magnetic resonance imaging. After surgical excision, the preoperative diagnosis of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans was proven by pathological examination and immunohistochemistry. The patient was still free of recurrence 1 year after surgical excision. This extremely rare case is, to the best of our knowledge, the fifth such case reported in the literature.

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Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans: Male breast

Cited by 8 publications

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Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans of the Breast—a Rare Entity

Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans of the Breast—a Rare Entity

Recurrent dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans: challenging a surgeon’s dexterity for the ‘tricky’ margins

Unusual presentation of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans in a male patient’s breast: a case report and review of the literature

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