Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans: A case report of a rare, bulky tumor that was managed with surgical therapy.

Int J Shoulder Surg

Adana Numune Egitim ve Arastirma Hastanesi, Department of Orthopedics, Antakya, Turkey.

Published: January 2009

We report a case of this rare tumor and describe the surgical approach that we adopted and the clinical outcome; we also report his condition at 24 months' follow-up. Although treatment was with radical surgery, sufficient shoulder function could be obtained in our patient. We also describe the interesting MR findings of this tumor which correlated well with the histopathologic findings.

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