title: [Case report: Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans metastatic to lung without local recurrence].
abstract: Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans is a rare skin tumor which constitutes 6% of soft tissue sarcomas. Typically, it has a superficial location and a locally aggressive character. Although it has a relatively high recurrence rate, the rate of distant metastasis is about 3%. Furthermore, it rarely metastasizes without local recurrence. Here we present a case with dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans with distant metastasis occurring seven years after the local excision of the primary tumor and without any local recurrence.
authors.affiliation: S. B. Ankara Eğitim ve Araştirma Hastanesi, Radyodiagnostik Bölümü, Ankara.
authors.forename: Ahmet Tuncay
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Turgut
authors.forename: Uğur
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Koşar
authors.forename: Altan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ergeneci
authors.forename: Hüseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cakmak
mesh_terms: D018223:Dermatofibrosarcoma / Q000556:secondary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D012782:Shoulder; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*