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Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Rep 2015; 04(01): 002-004
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1387822
Case Report: Thoracic
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Surgical Treatment of Enormous Recurrent Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans

Shijie Xing
1   Department of Thoracic Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
,
Jianjun Wang
1   Department of Thoracic Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
,
Wei Zhai
1   Department of Thoracic Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
,
Tian Xia
1   Department of Thoracic Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
,
Chuanxiao Wang
1   Department of Thoracic Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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11 July 2014

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30 March 2015 (online)

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Abstract

A patient with enormous recurrent dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans underwent modified three-dimensional histology surgery. Frozen-section examination was used to identify the margins. The patient had a normal postoperative course.

Keywords

chest wall - tumor - surgery/incisions
 

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