title: An unusual case of deep penetrating dermatofibroma of the lower leg. Case report.
abstract: Histological examination of a punch biopsy specimen of a slowly growing, irregular dermal tumour from the right lower leg of a 32-year-old woman, which had been diagnosed clinically as a dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans, showed it to be a deep penetrating dermatofibroma. The diagnosis was established by characteristic histological and immunohistochemical criteria. This allowed sequential excision in two sessions with primary closure and an optimal cosmetic result.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rainer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schwabegger
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Anderl
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zelger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018223:Dermatofibrosarcoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery