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Case Reports
. 2020 Jul 11;6(9):861-863.
doi: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2020.06.042. eCollection 2020 Sep.

Rare meningeal-derived malignant hemangiopericytoma/solitary fibrous tumor grade II-III presenting as a subcutaneous mass on the scalp

Gabriella Vasile  1 , Christopher Mancuso  2 , Rachel White  3 , Andrew J Hanly  4 , Matthew Moore  5 , Richard Rubenstein  6 , Brad Glick  1   7
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Rare meningeal-derived malignant hemangiopericytoma/solitary fibrous tumor grade II-III presenting as a subcutaneous mass on the scalp

Gabriella Vasile et al. JAAD Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: HPC; HPC, hemangioperiocytomas; SFT; STAT6, signal transducer and activator of transcription 6; hemangiopericytoma; meningeal derived tumor; solitary fibrous tumor; transcalvarial tumor.

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Figures

Fig 1
Fig 1
A 5-cm large subcutaneous nodule on the mid scalp.
Fig 2
Fig 2
Telangiectatic thin-walled “staghorn” blood vessels in a hypercellular patternless spindle and epithelioid blue cell tumor, Hematoxylin and eosin stain. (Original magnification: ×200.)
Fig 3
Fig 3
Patternless hypercellularity with variable nuclear pleomorphism and frequent mitoses including single atypical “ring” mitosis, Hematoxylin and eosin stain. (Original magnification: ×100.)
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