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ArticleBMJ case reports2021

Progression of the atypical fibroxanthoma to pleomorphic dermal sarcoma in a heart transplant patient.

Valeria Ripa, Natasha Singh, Allen E Star, Franz Smith

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Valeria RipaGeneral Surgery, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, New Jersey, USA valeriaripa87@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4410-8684
Natasha SinghPathology, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, New Jersey, USA.
Allen E StarGeneral Surgery, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, New Jersey, USA.
Franz SmithSurgery, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, New Jersey, USA.
Saint Barnabas Medical Center · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An 82-year-old man presented with a right scalp lesion which had been increasing in size. The patient's medical history was significant for a heart transplant 25 years before, and he was on chronic immunosuppression. Biopsy of the lesion showed atypical fibroxanthoma. The patient underwent an excision of the lesion with split thickness skin graft. Pathology showed fibroxanthoma with negative margins. Over the next 9 months, the patient developed new lesions, which were also excised to negative margins. However, with each new lesion, the histology demonstrated increasing dysplasia and ultimately pleomorphic sarcoma. The patient had a metastatic workup with CT of the chest, which was negative, and he underwent a radical scalpectomy, split thickness skin graft placement and adjuvant radiation therapy. The patient has not developed any new scalp lesions and no evidence of metastasis.

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Heart TransplantationSarcomaSkin NeoplasmsAged, 80 and overBiopsyDiagnosis, DifferentialHumansMaledermatologyplastic and reconstructive surgeryskin cancersurgical oncology

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PMID34215640
PMCPMC8256749
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