Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans on the Chest with a Variety of Clinical Features Masquerading as a Keloid: Is the Disease Really Protuberant?
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Vol. 26 No. 5, 2014 643 Received July 23, 2013, Revised September 20, 2013, Accepted for publication October 3, 2013 Corresponding author: Kumiko Kimura, Division of Cutaneous Science, Department of Dermatology, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchi Kamicho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan. Tel: 81-3-3972-8111, Fax: 81-3-5995-9841, E-mail: kimura.kumiko@ nihon-u.ac.jp This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Fig. 1. Clinical features of the 3 different lesions: shiny atrophic plaque (8.0×10.0 cm), indurated erythema, and painful, keloid-like red nodules (largest nodule: 2.0×1.5 cm) on the anterior chest. http://dx.doi.org/10.5021/ad.2014.26.5.643
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