Race/ethnicity does not impact surgical management or clinical outcomes among insured patients with dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans

positive findings.Other limitations to this study included its retrospective nature and lack of knowledge whether biopsies were lesional or peri-lesional, and other pretest clinical characteristics.Overall, this study demonstrated that for cases submitted for LP, DIF offers a relatively high yield by not only confirming the presence of LTR but also providing evidence for or against other specific immune-mediated dermatoses.In selected cases when LP is considered clinically, DIF testing is a reasonable component of the diagnostic evaluation.