Pleomorphic soft tissue sarcoma metastatic to the skin of the scalp and groin

نویسندگان

  • Karl Staser
  • Charles E. Mount
  • Jason Solus
  • Amy Musiek
چکیده

INTRODUCTION Rarely, the dermatologistmay encounter a primary cutaneous pleomorphic sarcoma (also known as a malignant fibrous histiocytoma), an undifferentiated neoplasm thought to be of mesenchymal origin. These uncommon skin tumors typically manifest as tender subcutaneous nodules. In contrast to primary cutaneous sarcomas, we present a case of a soft tissue pleomorphic sarcomawithmultiple metastases to the cutaneous scalp and the groin. Although previous reports have described leiomyosarcoma metastatic to the skin, no report to our knowledge has detailed a widely metastatic undifferentiated sarcoma with lesions in multiple skin sites.

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دوره 1  شماره 

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تاریخ انتشار 2015