Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans Occurring in an Adult Presenting with Chronic Lymphedema: A Case Study and Literature Review

15 December 2023 : Case report Belgium

Educational Purpose (only if useful for a systematic review or synthesis), Rare coexistence of disease or pathology

Clara Van Vyve^1BCDEF*, Laurence Klein^2AB, Ibrahim Kassem^3BC, Jean Lemaitre

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DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.941142

Am J Case Rep 2023; 24:e941142

Table 1. Recurrence rate in surgery combined with adjuvant radiotherapy and in surgery alone.

	Patients undergoing surgery combined with adjuvant RT	Patients undergoing surgery alone	Recurrence rate in adjuvant RT group	Recurrence rate in group undergoing surgery alone	Total patients
Sun et al (2000) []¹⁶	10	24	10.0%	37.5%	34
Haas et al (1997) []¹⁷	17	21	17.6%	33.3%	38