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Dermatofibrosarcome protuberance (DFSP) is a rare, slow growing soft tissue sarcoma with fibroblastic origin, which has a great, potential of local invasion and recurrence. Because of its unspecific appearance and slow growth features it is commonly misdiagnosed as other benign lesions that leads to a late accurate diagnosis or an inadequate initial treatment. A young female patient with DFSP on the neck who was initially misdiagnosed as lipoma and then underwent inadequate initial resection is presented in this case.
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Felek, S.A., İbas, M., Dursun, S. et al. Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans of the Neck: A Brief Review of the Literature. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 71 (Suppl 1), 369–372 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-018-1314-7
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