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Atlas of dermatopathology
Josef Feit, Hana Jedličková, Günter Burg, Luděk Matyska, Spasoje Radovanovic et al.
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+ Introduction
+ Literature
+ Support
+ Skin biopsy
+ Non-tumorous skin diseases
+ Skin tumors
+ Cysts of the skin and subcutis
+ Soft tissue lesions
+ Some lesions of the oral cavity
+ Dermatovenerology
+ Collection of histological slides by prof. Günter Burg
+ Collection of histological slides by prof. Werner Kempf
+ Collection of histological slides of dr. Ram Chandra Adhikari
Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans
Clinical signs
  • malignant tumor, slowly growing lesion
  • metastaes rarely
  • local recurrences often
  • location: trunk, proximal parts of the extremities
  • affects younger persons
Histology

Spindle, monomorphous cells; often storiform and/or honeycomblike arrangement, infiltration into the subcutis. Sometimes myxomatous areas are present. Polymorphous cells may be present. Mitotic activity is low or moderate. Imunohistochemisty: CD34 positivity.

Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (6053)

Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (6043)