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'''Prostatic stromal tumour of uncertain malignant potential''', usually abbreviated '''STUMP''', is a rare lesion of the prostatic stroma which cannot be definitively classified as benign or malignant.
'''Prostatic stromal tumour of uncertain malignant potential''', usually abbreviated '''STUMP''',<ref name=pmid22388992/> is a rare lesion of the prostatic stroma which cannot be definitively classified as benign or malignant.
 
It is also known as '''prostatic stromal proliferation of uncertain malignant potential'' (abbreviated '''PSPUMP''').<ref name=pmid9500215>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Gaudin | first1 = PB. | last2 = Rosai | first2 = J. | last3 = Epstein | first3 = JI. | title = Sarcomas and related proliferative lesions of specialized prostatic stroma: a clinicopathologic study of 22 cases. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 22 | issue = 2 | pages = 148-62 | month = Feb | year = 1998 | doi =  | PMID = 9500215 }}</ref>


==General==
==General==
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==See also==
==See also==
*[[Prostate gland]].
*[[Prostate gland]].
*[[Waffle diagnosis]].


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 03:07, 23 October 2014

Prostatic stromal tumour of uncertain malignant potential, usually abbreviated STUMP,[1] is a rare lesion of the prostatic stroma which cannot be definitively classified as benign or malignant.

It is also known as prostatic stromal proliferation of uncertain malignant potential (abbreviated PSPUMP').[2]

General

  • Rare.

Microscopic

Features:

Note:

  • May be seen with glandular abnormalities.[3]

DDx:

IHC

Features:[1]

  • ER +ve.
  • PR +ve.
  • Desmin +ve/-ve.
  • CD34 +ve.

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 De Berardinis, E.; Busetto, GM.; Antonini, G.; Giovannone, R.; Di Placido, M.; Magliocca, FM.; Di Silverio, A.; Gentile, V. (2012). "Incidental prostatic stromal tumor of uncertain malignant potential (STUMP): histopathological and immunohistochemical findings.". Urologia 79 (1): 65-8. doi:10.5301/RU.2012.9099. PMID 22388992.
  2. Gaudin, PB.; Rosai, J.; Epstein, JI. (Feb 1998). "Sarcomas and related proliferative lesions of specialized prostatic stroma: a clinicopathologic study of 22 cases.". Am J Surg Pathol 22 (2): 148-62. PMID 9500215.
  3. Nagar, M.; Epstein, JI. (Jun 2011). "Epithelial proliferations in prostatic stromal tumors of uncertain malignant potential (STUMP).". Am J Surg Pathol 35 (6): 898-903. doi:10.1097/PAS.0b013e318214f2f2. PMID 21572264.