What is it about?
Smooth muscle tumours are the most common mesenchymal tumors of the vulva and vagina, yet their infrequency is demonstrated by the prevalence of published reports as individual cases or small case series.
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This article reports a case of a 42-year-old woman who presented with apparently recurrent vulvovaginal leiomyoma and a past history of surgical excisions. Histopathology revealed Smooth Muscle Tumor of Uncertain Malignant Potential (STUMP).
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Smooth muscle tumors are the most common mesenchymal tumors of the vulva and vagina but are quite infrequent. The morphologic spectrum of vulvovaginal smooth muscle neoplasia mirrors that seen in the uterus, including leiomyoma variants. The diagnosis of smooth muscle tumor of uncertain malignant potential (STUMP) is applied to tumors with worrisome morphologic features that fall short of the diagnostic threshold for leiomyosarcoma.
Richard (Ricky) Smith Jr.
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This page is a summary of: A Rare Case of Recurrent Vulvovaginal Smooth Muscle Tumor of Uncertain Malignant Potential (STUMP), IgMin Research, February 2024, IgMin Publications Inc.,
DOI: 10.61927/igmin154.
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