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Dome-shaped metastatic lesion on the scalp from a uterine smooth muscle tumor of uncertain malignant potential (STUMP) Volume 26, numéro 2, March-April 2016

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Auteurs
Yumiko Sakuragi
Akiha Inoue
Emi Mashima
Takashi Yamaguchi
Natsuko Sasaki
Yoko Hara
Daisuke Omoto
Shun Ohmori
Sanehito Haruyama
Yu Sawada
Manabu Yoshioka
Daisuke Nishio
Motonobu Nakamura
Department of Dermatology,
University of Occupational and Environmental Health,
1-1 Iseigaoka, Yahatanishi-ku,
Kitakyushu 807-8555, Japan

Smooth muscle tumor of uncertain malignant potential (STUMP) is a tumor that cannot be histologically diagnosed as unequivocally benign or malignant [1]. Uterine STUMP is histologically characterized by the existence of standard smooth muscle differentiation, low mitotic index and diffuse atypia. We describe a case of cutaneous skull metastasis from uterine STUMP. To our knowledge, this is the first case report in English of cutaneous metastasis of STUMP.A 68-year-old woman was referred to our department [...]