Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans and Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: A Rare Co-incidence

Authors

Jhanzeb Iftikhar Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Center, Lahore
Fareeha Sheikh
Nazish Khalid
Syed Abdul Mannan Hamdani
Usman Ahmad
Umm-E-Kalsoom Awan

Keywords:

Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans, chronic myeloid leukemia, coexisting

Abstract

Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) is an uncommon, low grade, malignant fibroblastic tumor. Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a myeloproliferative disorder characterized by dysregulated production of granulocytic cell line without the loss of their capacity to differentiate. To our knowledge, there is no described association of DFSP with CML in literature. The authors have encountered a first case of DFSP coexisting with chronic myeloid leukemia.