Skin Cancer
Online ISSN : 1884-3549
Print ISSN : 0915-3535
ISSN-L : 0915-3535
[title in Japanese]
Chu KIMURATakashi KITAMURAHiroyuki KANAZAWA
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1997 Volume 12 Issue 3 Pages 434-439

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We report 11 cases of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) . A mean follow up period is 2 years and 6 months with a range of 5 months to 6 years 2 months.
4 patients were males and 7 patients were females. The average age was 35.4 years. The youngest was 16 years old girl and the oldest was 67 years old women. Tumors had from 4 month to 15 years clinical course. The tumor size ranged from 5×4mm to 8×4.5×3cm. The location of the tumor were two head and neck regions, two arms, six trunks and one thigh. Two patients had experienced bruise before the ocurrence of the tumor.
All patients were treated surgically. We excised the tumors widely. No recurrence was seen in all cases under the follow up period of 5 months to 6 years.
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