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The Ewha Medical Journal
Ewha Womans University School of Medicine

Ewha Med J 1985; 8(2):149-152

pISSN: 1598-7450

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12771/emj.1985.8.2.149

Case Report

A Case of Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans Developing in an Old Burn Scar

Hwa Yung Ahn, Ki Bum Myung, Hong Il Kook
Corresponding author: Hong Il Kook. Department of Dermatology, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.

Copyright ⓒ 1985. Ewha Womans University School of Medicine. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Published Online: Jul 24, 2015

Abstract

Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans(DFSP) is an uncommon, raised, fibrous tumor of the skin characterized by a marked tendency to recur locally infrequent metastasis and difficulty of histologic diagnosis. There are several cases reporting origin of this tumor in a previous burn or surgical scar raised the question of a causal relationship. The authors report a case of DFSP, developed in an old burn scar of a 58-year-old man. There was no evidence of metastasis.