A Lobulated Cutaneous Nodule on the Abdomen
A 42-year-old female presented with painless abdominal swelling for the past 2 months.Cutaneous examination revealed a solitary, well-defined, firm, lobulated skin-coloured to erythematous nodule of size 5 × 3 cm on the right lower abdomen [Figure 1A].Histopathological examination revealed a dermal-based spindle-cell tumour arranged in a storiform pattern within a fibrocollagenous and myxoid stroma [Figure 1B and C].On immunohistochemistry, spindle cells were diffusely positive for cluster of differentiation 34, negative for SO × 10, S100, diagnostic of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans [Figure 1D].Dermoscopy showed a structureless whitishpink background with shiny white streaks and scattered delicate linear vessels (Dermlite DL4, ×10; polarized mode) [Figure 2].e patient subsequently underwent wide local excision of the tumour with adequate surgical margins.
Authors
- Sanjay Sriram (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4966-1518)
- Sheetanshu Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6543-4649)
- Akshay Meena
Institutions
- Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Indian Journal of Postgraduate Dermatology
- Published
- 2026-10-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.25259/ijpgd_147_2026
- Primary Topic
- Soft tissue tumor case studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00