DOI: 10.7241/ourd.20123.59
Our Dermatol Online. 2012; 3(3): 239-240
Date of submission: 26.02.2012 / acceptance: 16.03.2012
Conflicts of interest: None
BLAHOSLAV BEDNAR (1916-1998) AND THE TUMOR WHICH BEARS HIS NAME
BLAHOSLAV BEDNAR (1916-1998) I GUZ, KTÓRY NOSI JEGO IMIĘ
Khalid Al Aboud
Pathology Department, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Corresponding author: Dr. Khalid Al Aboud e-mail:amoa65@hotmail.com
Introduction
Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) a locally aggressive soft tissue neoplasm with intermediate- to low-grade malignancy [1]. It is reported in the literature as early as 1890. Darier and Ferrand first described it in 1924 as a distinct cutaneous disease entity called progressive and recurring dermatofibroma. Hoffman officially coined the term dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans in 1925 [1]. Pathologically this tumor is characterized in its early stage by large, spindle-shaped nuclei which are embedded fairly uniformly in the collagen stroma, parallel to the skin surface and infiltrating into the subcutaneous tissue
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