Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 1 Patients with metastatic tumor
From: Risk factors for distant metastasis of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans
Patient no. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) at initial visit | 48 | 49 | 57 | 62 | 37 |
Sex | M | M | M | M | M |
Follow-up period (months) | 45 | 36 | 22 | 13 | 71 |
Fibrosarcomatous change | + | + | + | + | − |
Frequency of recurrence at initial visit | − | − | 3 | 4 | 1 |
Tumor size (cm) | 15.0 | 12.6 | 20.5 | 13.0 | 5.0 |
Metastatic tumor at initial visit | − | − | + | + | − |
Metastatic site | Axillary lymph node | Intraperitoneal | Thoracic vertebrae | Thoracic vertebrae, lung | Lung |
Time to metastasis (months) after initial treatment | 11 | 15 | − | − | 41 |
Clinical outcome | DOD | DOD | DOD | DOD | DOD |