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ReviewSultan Qaboos University medical journal2020

Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans Mimicking Primary Breast Neoplasm: A case report and literature review.

Abeer Al-Farsi, Aza Al-Brashdi, Samyia Al-Salhi, Nasser Al-Rahbi, Salim Al-Rahbi, Mohammed Al-Masqari, Zainab Al-Manji, Rashid S Al-Umairi

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Review in Sultan Qaboos University medical journal, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Abeer Al-FarsiDepartment of Radiology, Oman Medical Specialty Board, Muscat, Oman.
Aza Al-BrashdiDepartment of Radiology, Oman Medical Specialty Board, Muscat, Oman.
Samyia Al-SalhiDepartment of Radiology, the Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
Nasser Al-RahbiDepartment of Histopathology, the Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
Salim Al-RahbiDepartment of Surgery, the Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
Mohammed Al-MasqariDepartment of Pathology, the Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
Zainab Al-ManjiDepartment of Histopathology, the Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
Rashid S Al-UmairiDepartment of Radiology, the Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
Royal Hospital · OMOman Medical College · OM

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) is a rare, slow-growing mesenchymal neoplasm of the dermis and subcutaneous tissues that has a low-to intermediate-grade malignancy. DFSP commonly involves the trunk and extremities, and very rarely the breast skin, mimicking a primary breast neoplasm with few reported cases in the literature. We report a 35-year old female patient who was referred to the Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman in 2017, with a two-year history of a slow growing left breast lump. Assessment of the breasts with mammography revealed a lobulated lesion in the left-upper-inner quadrant with neither microcalcification nor architectural distortion, mimicking a benign lesion. However, on ultrasound, the lesion had suspicious features with increased vascularity and hence, it was categorised as breast imaging reporting and data system (BIRAD) IV. The patient underwent left breast wide local excision and the histopathological diagnosis was dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans.

Indexed as

Biological MimicryAdultBreastBreast NeoplasmsDermatofibrosarcomaFemaleHumansMammographyOmanUltrasonographyBreastDermatofibrosarcoma ProtuberansOmanUltrasonography

Identifiers

PMID33110655
PMCPMC7574798
OpenAlexW3089371515

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