Difference between revisions of "Smooth muscle tumour of uncertain malignant potential"
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==General== | ==General== | ||
*Like ''[[ASAP]]'' and ''[[ASCUS]]'' - a [[waffle diagnosis|waffle category]]... when one isn't sure it is a ''leiomyoma'' vs. ''leiomyosarcoma''. | *Like ''[[ASAP]]'' and ''[[ASCUS]]'' - a [[waffle diagnosis|waffle category]]... when one isn't sure it is a ''[[leiomyoma]]'' vs. ''[[leiomyosarcoma]]''. | ||
*Clinical behaviour in uterus: usually benign.<ref name=pmid19417585>{{cite journal |author=Ip PP, Cheung AN, Clement PB |title=Uterine smooth muscle tumors of uncertain malignant potential (STUMP): a clinicopathologic analysis of 16 cases |journal=Am. J. Surg. Pathol. |volume=33 |issue=7 |pages=992–1005 |year=2009 |month=July |pmid=19417585 |doi=10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181a02d1c |url=}}</ref> | *Clinical behaviour in uterus: usually benign.<ref name=pmid19417585>{{cite journal |author=Ip PP, Cheung AN, Clement PB |title=Uterine smooth muscle tumors of uncertain malignant potential (STUMP): a clinicopathologic analysis of 16 cases |journal=Am. J. Surg. Pathol. |volume=33 |issue=7 |pages=992–1005 |year=2009 |month=July |pmid=19417585 |doi=10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181a02d1c |url=}}</ref> | ||
*Can be subclassified into four groups - as per Stanford. | *Can be subclassified into four groups - as per Stanford. | ||
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*[[Uterine leiomyoma]]. | *[[Uterine leiomyoma]]. | ||
*[[ | *[[Leiomyosarcoma]]. | ||
**See ''[[uterine leiomyosarcoma]]'' for the uterine tumour. | |||
==IHC== | ==IHC== |