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Abstract

Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) is an uncommon, slow-growing, locally aggressive soft tissue sarcoma of the skin. The most common age of presentation for this entity of dermis is the third to fifth decade of life, whereas the most common site of involvement is the trunk and lower extremities, accounting for a total of 70 to 90 percent of the cases. Head and neck regions account for 10 to 15 percent of cases with the involvement of the scalp being the most common presentation in this region of the body.[1]


Although DFSP frequently shows local recurrence with the incidence of 20-50 percent of the cases, distant metastasis has been reported rarely.[2] So the cure rate in early diagnosed cases is high with a 10-year survival rate of 99.1 %, so prompt diagnosis of the entity is important along with awareness about the disease.[3] Here in this article, we are going to present a case of DFSP along with a review of the literature regarding the imaging characteristics of the disease.

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Namdev Seth, & Dushyant Varshney. (2022). Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans - Case Report and Review of Literature. Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences, 11(9), 801–804. https://doi.org/10.14260/jemds.v11i9.205
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