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  • Title: Extra-abdominal subcutaneous metastasis of a gastrointestinal stromal tumor: report of a case and a review of the literature.
    Author: Kroep JR, Bovée JV, van der Molen AJ, Hogendoorn PC, Gelderblom H.
    Journal: J Cutan Pathol; 2009 May; 36(5):565-9. PubMed ID: 19476525.
    Abstract:
    Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) metastasize primarily within the peritoneal cavity and to the liver. Superficial soft tissue metastases occur in about 1% of advanced GIST and are mostly associated with abdominal laparotomy scars and advanced disease. Extra-abdominal subcutaneous metastases of GIST have not been previously reported. Subcutaneous spindle cell tumors constitute a diagnostic challenge of which the differential diagnostic list can be limited by recognition of morphological, immunohistochemical en molecular genetic patterns. A 69-year-old woman presented with a fast growing subcutaneous nodule on her right upper arm. She was known with an imatinib-resistant advanced GIST, treated with sunitinib. The nodule was excised. Histopathological examination revealed a sharply demarcated tumor nodule in the subcutaneous fat with slightly spindled tumor cells, with pleomorphic nuclei and multiple mitoses. There was a hemangiopericytomatous vascular pattern. The cells stained positive for CD117 (KIT) and CD34. No KIT or platelet-derived growth factor receptor-alpha mutations were detected. We report the first case of an extra-abdominal subcutaneous metastasis of GIST. Although rare, metastatic GIST should therefore be included in the differential diagnosis of subcutaneous spindle cell tumors. A comparative survey of the histological, immunohistochemical and molecular genetic features of spindle cell tumors of the subcutis and a review of the literature is presented.
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