Case Reports : Cutaneous Metastatic Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma from a Mediastinal Sarcoma

Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma, known as malignant fibrous histiocytoma, is a malignant neoplasm that arises in both soft tissue and bones. In 2002, the World Health Organization declassified malignant fibrous histocytoma as a formal diagnostic entity and renamed it ``undifferentiated pleomorp...

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Published in:Annals of dermatology 2015-06, Vol.27 (3), p.310
Main Authors: Do Seon Jeong, Dong Hwa Park, Chi Yeon Kim
Format: Article
Language:Korean
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Malignant fibrous histiocytoma
Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma
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Summary:Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma, known as malignant fibrous histiocytoma, is a malignant neoplasm that arises in both soft tissue and bones. In 2002, the World Health Organization declassified malignant fibrous histocytoma as a formal diagnostic entity and renamed it ``undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma not otherwise specified.`` It most commonly occurs in the lower extremities and rarely metastasizes cutaneously. We report a case of cutaneous metastatic undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma of the buttocks occurring in a 73-year-old man diagnosed with mediastinal sarcoma 4 years previously. He first noticed the mass approximately 2 months previously. Histological findings with immunomarkers led to a final diagnosis of cutaneous metastatic sarcoma from mediastinal undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma. (Ann Dermatol 27(3) 310∼314, 2015)
ISSN:1013-9087
2005-3894