DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA PROTUBERANS IN A RENAL-TRANSPLANT PATIENT

Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans is an unusual soft tissue tumour with a propensity for local recurrence and rarely metastatic spread. Given its indolent course it may be mistaken for atypical scarring or a kelo id growth. Early diagnosis and prompt wide local resection of this ent ity are required in order to prevent a local recurrence. We report a p atient who developed locally invasive dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans 4 years after a successful renal transplantation. Although other forms of sarcoma have been reported as a complication of organ transplantat ion and immunosuppression, this pathology has, so far, not been report ed in a transplant recipient.