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DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA PROTUBERANS OF THE VULVA
Author(s) -
Soltan M. H.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1981.tb00968.x
Subject(s) - dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans , vulva , dermatofibrosarcoma , medicine , histopathological examination , pathology
Summary A woman aged 83 had a vulval swelling measuring 8 cm × 3.5 cm excised. Histologi‐cal examination showed the features of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans. This tumour, which is usually only locally invasive, has not previously been described in the vulva.