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Zhao X, Yue C, Wan H, Xing L, Liu H, Piao Y. Angiectatic nasal polyps with pleomorphism ‒ a diagnostic pitfall. Braz J Otorhinolaryngol 2023; 89:101281. [PMID: 37413767 PMCID: PMC10391335 DOI: 10.1016/j.bjorl.2023.101281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2023] [Revised: 05/26/2023] [Accepted: 06/08/2023] [Indexed: 07/08/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To generalise the features of PANP in case of potential clinical and pathological pitfall of diagnosis. METHODS Thirteen patients diagnosed as PANP were retrospectively analyzed in the Pathology Department of Capital Medical University from August 2014 to December 2019. Immunohistochemical staining with CD34, CK, Vim, Calponin, Ki67, Bcl-2, and STAT-6 was performed with envision-two steps method. RESULTS PANP is a benign tumor presenting with gross variegated tan to gray soft fleshy tissue with foci of obvious hemorrhage and necrosis. The imaging shows internal heterogeneous hyperintensity with a peripheral hypointense rim while postcontrast images display a strong nodular and patchy enhancement. Vimentin (Vim) stain was consistently positive, while negative for CD34, STAT-6 and Bcl-2 (focal positive in two cases). Calponin and CK stain was positive in nine cases, respectively. CONCLUSION PANP is a clinically rare tumor which may simulate malignancy lesion. Recognizing of characteristic features in these thirteen patients would be beneficial to avoid misdiagnosis and unnecessary aggressive treatment. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE This work was Level 2 of evidence according to the Guide for Authors.
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- Xiaoli Zhao
- Capital Medical University, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Department of Pathology, Dong Cheng District, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Head and Neck Molecular Diagnostic Pathology, Beijing, China
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- Capital Medical University, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Department of Pathology, Dong Cheng District, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Head and Neck Molecular Diagnostic Pathology, Beijing, China
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- Capital Medical University, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Department of Pathology, Dong Cheng District, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Head and Neck Molecular Diagnostic Pathology, Beijing, China
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- Capital Medical University, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Department of Pathology, Dong Cheng District, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Head and Neck Molecular Diagnostic Pathology, Beijing, China
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- Capital Medical University, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Department of Pathology, Dong Cheng District, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Head and Neck Molecular Diagnostic Pathology, Beijing, China
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- Capital Medical University, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Department of Pathology, Dong Cheng District, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Head and Neck Molecular Diagnostic Pathology, Beijing, China.
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Cordier F, Candaele AS, Van Dorpe J, Creytens D. Atypical Spindle Cell/Pleomorphic Lipomatous Tumor with Pleomorphic Hyalinizing Angiectatic Tumor-Like Growth Pattern: A Search for Diagnostic Clues. Int J Surg Pathol 2022; 31:289-293. [PMID: 35491657 DOI: 10.1177/10668969221098086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Atypical spindle cell/pleomorphic lipomatous tumor (ASPLT) is a newly described adipocytic tumor type, recently included as a separate tumor entity in the fifth edition of the World Health Organization (WHO) classification of soft tissue and bone tumors. Here, we describe a case of an ASPLT with a striking pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor (PHAT)-like growth pattern and discuss the diagnostical clues, which led to the diagnosis of ASPLT. To our knowledge, a PHAT-like growth pattern has not yet been reported in the setting of ASPLT.
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- Fleur Cordier
- Department of Pathology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Pathology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Pathology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- CRIG, Cancer Research Institute Ghent, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Pathology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- CRIG, Cancer Research Institute Ghent, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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da Silva EC, Abreu RF, Nascimento AG, Andrade LDB. Pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor of the vulva: literature review based on a rare presentation. Autops Case Rep 2022; 12:e2021353. [PMID: 35252046 PMCID: PMC8893159 DOI: 10.4322/acr.2021.353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2021] [Accepted: 12/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor (PHAT) of soft tissues is a rare, non-metastatic tumor of unknown etiology and uncertain behavior, which may recur locally. There are few reports on this condition, and due to the rarity of the disease, its lineage has not yet been fully elucidated. The present study aims to report the case of an unusual entity observed for the first time in vulval topography. A female patient, 83 years old, presented with a tumor in the vulvar region that had evolved for approximately 4 months. Magnetic resonance imaging showed an expansive perineal formation of 8.5 × 3.5 cm, and a hemivulvectomy with a flap rotation was performed. The review of the slides revealed a mesenchymal lesion without significant atypia, which was richly vascularized. In the areas of interest, the immunohistochemical (IHC) study demonstrated positivity for CD34, estrogen, and progesterone receptors; it was negative for the other tested markers. Morphological findings associated with the IHC staining panel supported the diagnosis of PHAT. The main morphological features of PHAT are clusters of ectatic vessels of different sizes that show deposits of subendothelial and intraluminal fibrin. Fusiform and pleomorphic cells randomly arranged in leaves or long fascicles intermingle these vessels. It is essential to recognize this entity and consider it among the differential diagnoses of a mesenchymal lesion, given the wide variety of entities that comprise this group of lesions.
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A Slow-Growing Papule on the Right Shin: Answer. Am J Dermatopathol 2021; 43:842-843. [PMID: 34651595 DOI: 10.1097/dad.0000000000001935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Cazzato G, Colagrande A, Cimmino A, Lettini T, Savino MT, Martella C, Ingravallo G, Resta L. Pleomorphic Hyalinizing Angiectatic Tumor (PHAT): Review of the Literature with Case Presentation. Dermatopathology (Basel) 2021; 8:97-102. [PMID: 33916538 PMCID: PMC8167509 DOI: 10.3390/dermatopathology8020015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2021] [Revised: 03/30/2021] [Accepted: 04/02/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor (PHAT) is a very rare entity of soft tissue considered a "neoplasm of uncertain behaviour of connective or other soft tissue" by the World Health Organization (2020). It develops in subcutaneous tissue of the lower extremities, more frequently in the region of the ankle and foot, and rarely as a deep-seated soft tissue mass in locations such as the perineum, buttock, arms, head and neck, and viscera. Although inconsistent cytogenetic data have been reported on PHAT so far, there are potential morphological and genetic overlaps with hemosiderotic fibrolipomatous tumor (HFLT) and myxoinflammatory fibroblastic sarcoma (MIFS). Here we report a case of PHAT at the level of the upper third of the right thigh in a 48-year-old patient and we also focus on the differential diagnoses of these entities and conduct a literature review of reported cases.
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Salim AA, Samman A, Assiri AH. Pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor of breast. HUMAN PATHOLOGY: CASE REPORTS 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ehpc.2020.200406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Liu H, Sukov WR, Ro JY. The t(1;10)(p22;q24) TGFBR3/MGEA5 Translocation in Pleomorphic Hyalinizing Angiectatic Tumor, Myxoinflammatory Fibroblastic Sarcoma, and Hemosiderotic Fibrolipomatous Tumor. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2018; 143:212-221. [PMID: 29979612 DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2017-0412-ra] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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CONTEXT.— Pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor (PHAT) of soft parts, hemosiderotic fibrolipomatous tumor (HFLT), and myxoinflammatory fibroblastic sarcoma (MIFS) are 3 distinct entities of low-grade spindle cell mesenchymal neoplasm. These tumors have similar clinical presentations and partially overlapping but distinctive pathologic features. A recurrent translocation, t(1;10)(p22;q24), has been detected in a subset of PHAT, HFLT, MIFS, and HFLT/MIFS hybrid cases. Translocation t(1;10)(p22;q24) involves transforming growth factor β-receptor 3 ( TGFBR3) and meningioma-expressed antigen 5 ( MGEA5) genes on chromosomes 1p22 and 10q24, respectively. However, the percentage of translocation in PHAT, HFLT, and MIFS varies significantly among different studies. The relationship among these tumors has been a controversial topic among experts. OBJECTIVE.— To discuss the diagnostic and functional significance of translocation t(1;10)(p22;q24) TGFBR3/MGEA5 rearrangement in HFLT, PHAT, and MIFS. DATA SOURCES.— PubMed was used for this study. CONCLUSIONS.— Diagnosis of HFLT, PHAT, and MIFS is challenging because of a lack of unique morphologic, immunophenotypic, molecular, and cytogenetic markers. The recurrent t(1;10)(p22;q24) translocation and/or TGFBR3/MGEA5 rearrangement was reported in 55 patients, with a relatively even distribution among HFLT, PHAT, and MIFS (17 HFLT, 15 MIFS, 13 MIFS/HFLT, and 10 PHAT). This indicates that current morphology-based diagnostic criteria do not identify reliably the subset of soft tissue tumor with t(1;10) translocation. Genetic heterogeneity of these tumors is supported by the recent detection of a mutually exclusive, second recurrent genetic change, t(7;17) TOM1L2-BRAF translocation or BRAF amplification, in a subset of MIFS.
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- Huifei Liu
- From Hematologics Inc, Seattle, Washington (Dr Liu); the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota (Dr Sukov); and the Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Houston, Texas (Dr Ro)
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- From Hematologics Inc, Seattle, Washington (Dr Liu); the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota (Dr Sukov); and the Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Houston, Texas (Dr Ro)
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- From Hematologics Inc, Seattle, Washington (Dr Liu); the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota (Dr Sukov); and the Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Houston, Texas (Dr Ro)
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Jaramillo CJ, Wojcik J, Weber K, Sebro R. Imaging and histological appearance of pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumors: A case series and literature review. Oncol Lett 2018; 15:4720-4730. [PMID: 29552111 PMCID: PMC5840667 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2018.7929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2017] [Accepted: 06/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumors (PHATs) are rare mesenchymal soft tissue tumors of uncertain lineage and intermediate malignancy. The present study assesses two cases of PHAT and discusses the histological and immunophenotypical features, as well as the imaging appearance of these tumors on ultrasound, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography/CT scans. The current study also reviews the literature and discusses the clinical management of these tumors. Wide local excision with tumor free margins is the current recommended treatment for PHAT. Surgical excision may be combined with low-dose radiation to reduce the risk of local recurrence. Patients should be followed up with serial imaging, as PHAT lesions tend to recur locally.
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- Department of Pathology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Treatment modalities and outcomes of pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor: a systematic review of the literature. Musculoskelet Surg 2018; 102:213-221. [PMID: 29392614 DOI: 10.1007/s12306-018-0532-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2017] [Accepted: 01/25/2018] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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A systematic review of the cases documented in the literature regarding Pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor of soft parts (PHAT) was performed in order to identify (1) location on presentation (2) surgical treatment modality (3) recurrence rate (4) any associations between location, age, histology, surgery type on recurrence. A systematic review of medical literature listed on PubMed was conducted identifying any prior case report and/or case series of diagnosed PHAT, with no exclusion based on language or time. Twenty-nine articles were identified removing any articles with duplicated cases yielding a total of 93 cases. Cases were broken down by gender, presenting location (UE/LE/axial), surgery type [wide local resection, non-wide local, wide local with radiation therapy (RT), non-wide local with RT], recurrence, and time to recurrence. The mean age at presentation was 54.5 ± 17.1 (range 10-89) with the 76% of cases appearing in the lower extremity (15% UE, 9% Axial). Of the 93 patients, 74 had a known surgical procedure, 31% WL, 40% NWL, 8% WL + RT, 1% NWL + RT. Of those treated surgically, 63 pts had documented follow-up and 18 (29%) had recurrence. A strong association was observed between surgery type and recurrence. Local recurrence was more common within the group undergoing NWLE in 52% (16/41) of cases (p = 0.002). Kaplan-Meier analysis showed an estimate mean time for recurrence of 43.87 months [95% confidence interval (CI) 24.52-63.22; and standard error (SE) 7.59] for the entire population. A trend was also seen toward males having a shorter disease-free survival than females (29.4 mos. vs. 69.5 mos.). No significant association seen between size, location, histology type and recurrence. PHAT has a characteristic presentation in the LE with a relatively high rate of local recurrence and slow-growing potential. Wide local excision appears to be superior in decreasing recurrence rates and a long-term follow-up period is needed.
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CONTEXT - Cutaneous and superficial soft tissue spindle cell proliferations with CD34 expression represent a unique heterogeneous group of lesions. They can pose diagnostic challenges for unaware pathologists in their daily practice. OBJECTIVE - To review selected entities of CD34+ spindle cell proliferations in the skin and superficial soft tissue. The effective diagnostic approaches using clinical, histopathologic, and immunophenotypical findings are discussed within a broad spectrum of differential diagnosis. DATA SOURCES - All information used in the article is obtained from published literature by PubMed search and Internet-based search engines. The authors' collective experience and real-life examples are also used. CONCLUSIONS - Spindle cell proliferations with CD34 positivity can be worked up to a definitive diagnosis by using clinical, histopathologic, and immunophenotypical findings. Familiarity with these entities helps pathologists make the accurate diagnosis.
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- From the Department of Pathology, Tri-State Pathology Associates and St Mary Medical Center, Evansville, Indiana (Dr Yang); and the Department of Pathology, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan (Dr Yu)
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Clinical implications of a rare renal entity: Pleomorphic Hyalinizing Angiectatic Tumor (PHAT). Pathol Res Pract 2016; 213:165-169. [PMID: 27894620 DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2016.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2016] [Revised: 11/05/2016] [Accepted: 11/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Pleomorphic Hyalinizing Angiectatic Tumor (PHAT) is a rare benign lesion characterized by slow growth, infiltrative behavior and high rate of local recurrences. Only one case has been described in retroperitoneum, at renal hilum, but not involving pelvis or parenchyma. Here we present the first case of PHAT arising in the renal parenchyma. A nodular lesion in right kidney lower pole was diagnosed to a 61 year old woman. The patient underwent right nephrectomy. Microscopically, the lesion showed solid and pseudo-cystic components with hemorrhagic areas characterized by aggregates of ectatic blood vessels. Pleomorphic cells were characterized by large eosinophilic cytoplasm with irregular and hyperchromatic nuclei. Immunohistochemistry was performed and the lesion was classified as a Pleomorphic Hyalinizing Angiectatic Tumor (PHAT). Due to the clinical behavior of this tumor, in spite of its benign nature, review of the surgical margins and close follow up after partial nephrectomy are mandatory.
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Yorita K, Ishihara A, Tokumitsu T, Minematsu E, Ohno A, Ikejiri H, Kataoka H. A case of a pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor of soft parts with intracytoplasmic hemosiderin pigment apparent upon fine-needle aspiration cytology. Diagn Cytopathol 2014; 43:407-11. [PMID: 25427127 DOI: 10.1002/dc.23233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2014] [Accepted: 11/09/2014] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumors of soft parts are extremely rare low-grade mesenchymal lesions that frequently occur subcutaneously, especially in the lower extremity. The tumor is histologically characterized by sheets of plump, spindled or rounded cells, and clusters of ectatic blood vessels. It also has a number of previously characterized cytological features such as pleomorphic cells, intranuclear pseudoinclusion, and intracytoplasmic hemosiderin pigments. However, intracytoplasmic hemosiderin has not been carefully evaluated in cytology specimens. Here, we report the case of a 56-year-old Japanese man with an encapsulated pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor of soft parts that included fine and coarse hemosiderin-laden tumor cells. The tumor was clinically followed up as a hematoma, but malignant tumors, including malignant melanoma, were suspected because aspiration cytology specimens contained pleomorphic cells with intracytoplasmic brown pigments. The tumor was closely associated with an intratumoral hematoma and a few microscopic satellite lesions. Pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor of soft parts should be included in the differential cytological diagnosis of soft tissue tumors if the three cytological features described earlier are present. Enucleation therapy could facilitate local recurrence, as the tumor may have the potential to infiltrate surrounding soft tissue or form satellite lesions.
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- Kenji Yorita
- Section of Oncopathology and Regenerative Biology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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TGFBR3 and MGEA5 Rearrangements in Pleomorphic Hyalinizing Angiectatic Tumors and the Spectrum of Related Neoplasms. Am J Surg Pathol 2014; 38:1182-992. [DOI: 10.1097/pas.0000000000000212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Fujiwara M, Yuba Y, Wada A, Ozawa T, Tanaka T. Pleomorphic Hyalinizing Angiectatic Tumor of Soft Parts: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature. J Dermatol 2014; 31:419-23. [PMID: 15187312 DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2004.tb00696.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2003] [Accepted: 01/20/2004] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We present the case of a 69-year-old man with a subcutaneous pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor of soft parts on the back. In addition to its rare localization, it showed unique clinical features of an exceptionally long history. Histological characteristics of this tumor showed thin-walled angiectatic blood vessels lined with a thick eosinophilic and hyalinotic amorphous material. Tumor cells are composed of pleomorphic cells. It was surgically removed, and there was no recurrence by 11 months postoperatively.
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- Masao Fujiwara
- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Tenri Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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Felton SJ, Ramlogan D. Spontaneous bruising overlying a subcutaneous swelling: pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor, a relatively new entity of intermediate malignancy. Int J Dermatol 2014; 54:204-6. [PMID: 24738999 DOI: 10.1111/ijd.12003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Sarah J Felton
- Dermatology Centre, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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Pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor of renal hilum. Ann Diagn Pathol 2012; 16:489-93. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2011.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2010] [Revised: 02/01/2011] [Accepted: 03/11/2011] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Wei S, Pan Z, Siegal GP, Winokur TS, Carroll AJ, Jhala D. Complex analysis of a recurrent pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor of soft parts. Hum Pathol 2012; 43:121-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2011.02.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2011] [Revised: 01/31/2011] [Accepted: 02/07/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Cimino-Mathews A, Ali SZ. Pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor: cytomorphologic features on fine-needle aspiration. Diagn Cytopathol 2011; 39:214-7. [PMID: 21319325 DOI: 10.1002/dc.21403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor (PHAT) is a rare low-grade neoplasm occurring predominantly in the subcutaneous tissue of the lower extremity, which is characterized histologically by intermixed bland spindle cells and larger pleomorphic cells, ectatic blood vessels with fibrin, and prominent hyalinization. Here we describe the cytologic features of PHAT seen on fine-needle aspiration of a right calf mass in a 46-year-old man. The smears were cellular, composed predominantly of bland spindle cells dispersed singly as well as in tissue fragments and characterized by open chromatin and small nucleoli. A second population of pleomorphic spindle cells with coarse chromatin, prominent nucleoli, and occasional intranuclear pseudoinclusions was also present. Many of the pleomorphic cells surrounded hyalizined vessels. No mitotic figures were identified. The cytologic diagnosis was a "spindle cell lesion, NOS" with the differential diagnosis including benign lesions and low-grade neoplasms, including PHAT and schwannoma.
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- Ashley Cimino-Mathews
- Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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Kang MS, Jo HJ, Son SH. High-Grade Myxofibrosarcoma Showing Pleomorphic Hyalinizing Angiectatic Tumor-like Appearance - A Case Report -. KOREAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2011. [DOI: 10.4132/koreanjpathol.2011.45.s1.s1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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- Mi Seon Kang
- Department of Pathology, Pusan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Pusan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Pusan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea
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Pleomorphic Hyalinizing Angiectatic Tumor of Soft Parts. J Formos Med Assoc 2010; 109:616-20. [DOI: 10.1016/s0929-6646(10)60100-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2008] [Revised: 07/30/2008] [Accepted: 09/01/2008] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Moretti VM, de la Cruz M, Brooks JSJ, Lackman RD. Early pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor: precursor or distinct lesion? Orthopedics 2010; 33:516. [PMID: 20608621 DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20100526-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Early pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor is a rare and recently described soft tissue lesion. Originally believed to be a precursor lesion to neoplastic pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor, and possibly identical to hemosiderotic fibrohistiocytic lipomatous lesion/tumor, there have been recent suggestions that it is distinct from pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor and is instead a reactive process. This article reports a case of a mass in the foot of a 45-year-old woman, which is 1 of only 15 published cases of early pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor and is the first case to describe its radiographic appearance. Early pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor predominantly develops in the fourth to sixth decades (average age, 45 years, range, 10-67 years). Females predominate 4 to 1. The foot/ankle is the most common site (67%). On magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the mass appeared inhomogeneously dark on T1-weighted sequences and inhomogeneously bright on fat-suppressed T2-weighted sequences. Forty-four percent of resected lesions recur locally, but no early pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor lesion has ever metastasized. These clinical characteristics of early pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumors closely mirror those of hemosiderotic fibrohistiocytic lipomatous lesions/tumors and are dissimilar to those for classic pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumors. Therefore, although the 3 entities share several histologic features, we believe early pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor is equivalent to hemosiderotic fibrohistiocytic lipomatous lesion/tumor and is not a true precursor to classic pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor.
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- Vincent M Moretti
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Capovilla M, Birembaut P, Cucherousset J, Ploton D, de Saint-Maur PP, Fléjou JF, Lesec G. Pleomorphic Hyalinizing Angiectatic Tumor of Soft Parts: Ultrastructural Analysis of a Case with Original Features. Ultrastruct Pathol 2009; 30:59-64. [PMID: 16517471 DOI: 10.1080/019131290969442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor, a rare neoplasm of uncertain lineage resembling malignant fibrous histiocytoma and schwannoma, was first described in 1996 by M. E. F. Smith et al. (Am Surg Pathol. 20:21-29). To date, less than 100 cases have been reported in the international literature. It occurs in subcutaneous and intramuscular soft tissues of extremities or trunk in adults without sex predilection. All lesions are composed of sheets and fascicles of spindled and pleomorphic cells associated with clusters of thick-walled ectatic vessels surrounded by a perivascular hyaline material and inflammatory cells such as mast cells. About one-half of these neoplasms express CD34. No patient has developed metastases but occasional local recurrences are possible. This tumor of uncertain lineage is suggested to be an aggressive locally growing low-grade sarcoma. Only 3 cases were previously studied by electron microscopy and appeared to consist of primitive fibroblastic cells. The authors report histological and ultrastructural characteristics of a new case of PHAT excised from the right buttock of a 66-year-old man with the presence of ganglion-like cells, a feature that has not been previously reported, and unusual central ischemic necrosis. The features of this case are suggestive of a fibroblastic origin.
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Tardío JC. CD34-reactive tumors of the skin. An updated review of an ever-growing list of lesions. J Cutan Pathol 2009; 36:89-102. [PMID: 19125742 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2008.01212.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Over the past few years, a growing number of cutaneous tumors expressing CD34 is being reported. The list contains benign and malignant neoplasms as well as reactive and hamartomatous lesions of diverse lineages of differentiation, including fibroblastic, myofibroblastic, fibrohistiocytic, vascular, neural, adipocytic, smooth muscle, hematopoietic, melanocytic and epithelial. The more frequent diagnostic difficulties are found in spindle cell proliferations, mainly in those of the fibrocytic lineage. In part, this is because of the fact that in this area are, aside to well-defined entities, histologically and clinically diverse, recently reported cutaneous CD34-reactive lesions, whose definitions, limits and relationships are not completely established. The CD34 expression plays a key role in the differential diagnosis of some tumors, such as dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans, epithelioid sarcoma or pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor of soft parts, with important therapeutic consequences. In others, as in desmoplastic trichilemmoma, it can help to resolve diagnostic problems in concrete cases. Finally, in many of the CD34-positive lesions, the diagnosis with the hematoxylin and eosin stain is straightforward. However, in all of them, the knowledge of the immunohistochemical profile contributes to our understanding of the cutaneous pathology.
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- Juan C Tardío
- Department of Pathology, Hospital Universitario de Fuenlabrada, Fuenlabrada, Madrid, Spain.
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Pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor of the male breast: A heretofore unreported occurrence. Pathol Res Pract 2009; 205:69-73. [DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2008.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2008] [Revised: 07/23/2008] [Accepted: 07/29/2008] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Mast Cell Population in Atypical Fibroxanthoma as a Finding With CD117 Immunostaining. Am J Dermatopathol 2008; 30:640-2. [DOI: 10.1097/dad.0b013e31817fd3a4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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CD34-reactive tumors of the skin. An updated review of an ever-growing list of lesions. J Cutan Pathol 2008; 35:1079-92. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2008.01124.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Kazakov DV, Pavlovsky M, Mukensnabl P, Michal M. Pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor with a sarcomatous component recurring as high-grade myxofibrosarcoma. Pathol Int 2007; 57:281-4. [PMID: 17493176 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2007.02094.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor (PHAT) of the soft tissue is a rare distinctive tumor listed as a benign neoplasm in the new World Health Organization classification. It may recur and most reported recurrent tumors retained the typical morphological appearance of PHAT; rare tumors recurred with the appearance of a sarcoma. Reported herein is an additional example of recurrent PHAT, but in contrast to the previously described cases the present tumor morphologically qualified as a sarcoma from the very beginning; it recurred as a high-grade myxofibrosarcoma. A 76-year-old woman presented with a solitary subcutaneous tumor in the axilla that was surgically removed. Seven months later, the patient experienced a local recurrence. Microscopically, the typical features of PHAT were identified in the initial lesion, namely hyalinized, fibrin-containing vessels and pleomorphic stromal cells; there were areas of hemorrhage and necrosis. Additionally, peripherally located areas of the tumor manifested highly pleomorphic cells with frequent atypical mitoses, producing a sarcomatous appearance. The mitotic index in the sarcomatous part was 1/10 high-power fields (HPF). Hyalinized, fibrin-containing vessels were absent in these sarcomatous areas, and the stroma was myxoid. The recurrent lesion was composed of large highly pleomorphic oval, round, spindled or bizarre cells with a high mitotic rate, ranging from 3/10 HPF to 7/10 HPF. The neoplastic cells were arranged haphazardly in a myxoid matrix. Hyalinized, fibrin-containing vessels typical for PHAT were absent. PHAT may be more aggressive than previously thought, and PHAT may encompass a morphological spectrum of the lesion ranging from benign to malignant.
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- Dmitry V Kazakov
- Sikl's Department of Pathology, Charles University, Medical Faculty Hospital, Pilsen, Czech Republic.
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Symplastic hemangioma is characterized by degenerative atypia of vascular smooth muscle and interstitial cells within a pre-existing vascular lesion with minimal endothelial cell atypia. We describe an additional two cases of this distinctive but poorly recognized entity. On histology, both lesions revealed a cirsoid aneurysm-type appearance with thick-walled and variably dilated blood vessels. The vascular endothelial cells showed mild nuclear hyperchromasia with no multilayering or mitoses. The atypical cells, either located within the vascular smooth muscle wall or within the interstitium, were spindle or epithelioid with varying degrees of hyperchromasia, nuclear enlargement, pleomorphism, and multinucleation. Perivascular hemorrhage, vascular thrombosis, and focal papillary endothelial hyperplasia were uniformly present. The variably fibrous to edematous stroma showed hemosiderin deposits and a mononuclear inflammatory infiltrate. Clusters of adipocytes were present within the superficial dermis. Rare atypical mitoses and occasional bizarre lipoblast-like stromal cells were identified in one tumor. Immunohistochemistry showed focal smooth muscle actin positivity in the pleomorphic cells of the vascular walls. CD68 and CD34 stained occasional stromal cells in the interstitial location. Both the cases showed no recurrence. The bizarre cytologic changes are interpreted as degenerative in nature and probably akin to that observed in ancient schwannoma and uterine symplastic leiomyoma.
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MESH Headings
- Actins/genetics
- Actins/metabolism
- Aged, 80 and over
- Antigens, CD/genetics
- Antigens, CD/metabolism
- Antigens, CD34/genetics
- Antigens, CD34/metabolism
- Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic/genetics
- Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic/metabolism
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Hemangioma/diagnosis
- Hemangioma/metabolism
- Hemangioma/pathology
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/pathology
- Skin Neoplasms/diagnosis
- Skin Neoplasms/metabolism
- Skin Neoplasms/pathology
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- Seng Geok Nicholas Goh
- St John's Institute of Dermatology, St Thomas' Hospital, Lambeth Palace Road, London, UK
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Kutzner H, Requena L, Rütten A, Mentzel T. Spindle cell predominant trichodiscoma: a fibrofolliculoma/trichodiscoma variant considered formerly to be a neurofollicular hamartoma: a clinicopathological and immunohistochemical analysis of 17 cases. Am J Dermatopathol 2006; 28:1-8. [PMID: 16456317 DOI: 10.1097/01.dad.0000190773.79463.75] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Seventeen solitary nasal tumors that fulfilled all diagnostic criteria of so-called neurofollicular hamartoma, apart from distinct S100-positivity, were compared histopathologically and immunohistochemically with seven typical trichodiscomas from a similar clinical setting. Both the S100-negative neurofollicular hamartoma-like tumors and the trichodiscomas expressed an identical CD13-positive/CD34-positive fibrocytic immunophenotype without co-expression of neural/perineural (S100, neurofilament, epithelial membrane antigen), myogenic (desmin, calponin, muscle-specific actin, and alpha-smooth muscle actin), or melanocytic (S100, HMB45, NKI/C3, MelanA) epitopes. Histopathologically, there was striking morphologic overlap between trichodiscoma and S100-negative neurofollicular hamartoma-like tumor, apart from a highly characteristic fascicularly organized cellular fibrocytic stroma in the latter. We conclude that fibrofolliculoma/trichodiscoma and neurofollicular hamartoma-like tumor are morphologic variants of a single hamartomatous entity in which neurofollicular hamartoma-like tumor occupies the cellular pole of the morphologic spectrum. The entity formerly known as neurofollicular hamartoma appears to be nothing but a particularly cellular trichodiscoma with a distinctively organized stroma composed of CD34-positive fibrocytes. We therefore propose the new term spindle cell predominant trichodiscoma (SCPT) for this particular variant of the morphologic fibrofolliculoma/trichodiscoma spectrum.
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- Heinz Kutzner
- Dermatopathologische Gemeinschaftspraxis, Friedrichshafen, Germany.
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Luzar B, Gasljević G, Juricić V, Bracko M. Hemosiderotic fibrohistiocytic lipomatous lesion: Early pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor? Pathol Int 2006; 56:283-6. [PMID: 16669878 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2006.01955.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Hemosiderotic fibrohistiocytic lipomatous lesion (HFLL) and early pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor (PHAT) are characterized histologically by an admixture of fat, moderately cellular fascicles of hemosiderin-laden spindle cells growing in a perivascular, periadipocytic and septal pattern, as well as the presence of macrophages and chronic inflammatory cells. In contrast to a suggested reactive nature of HFLL, PHAT is regarded as a non-metastasizing tumor of uncertain lineage in the recent World Health Organization classification of soft tissue tumors. Reported herein is the case of a 47-year-old woman with an unencapsulated and irregularly circumscribed recurring lesion in the ankle/foot region that developed following ankle distortion and that fulfills histological criteria for both HFLL and early PHAT. In summary, the present case suggests a reactive over-neoplastic nature of HFLL and confirms profound histological similarities with early PHAT. Until more data become available on the biological potential of HFLL/early PHAT, radical surgical excision and follow up of the patient remains the best treatment option.
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- Bostjan Luzar
- Institute of Pathology, Medical Faculty University of Ljubljana, Korytkova, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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El-Tal AEK, Mehregan D. Pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor of soft parts: case report and literature review. J Cutan Pathol 2006; 33:361-4. [PMID: 16640543 DOI: 10.1111/j.0303-6987.2006.00416.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor (PHAT) of soft parts is a rare soft tissue neoplasm. Few cases have been reported in the literature thus far. PHAT is a spindle cell neoplasm with a prominent vascular component which displays some features of both neurilemoma and malignant fibrous histiocytoma. Lesions typically occur on the lower extremities of adults, however, lesions in other anatomic locations have been described. In this paper, we report a 60 years old female with PHAT of the right foot and review the current literature. El-Tal A-E-K, Mehregan D. Pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor of soft parts: case report and literature review.
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Until a decade ago, so-called pleomorphic and storiform malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) represented the most frequently diagnosed sarcoma, accounting for approximately 40% of adult mesenchymal malignancies. However, the latest World Health Organization classification of soft tissue tumours considers MFH a synonym for undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma. Historically, the term MFH was introduced in the medical literature in 1963 by Ozzello, O'Brien and Stout, on the basis of the acquisition of phagocytic properties observed in cultured fibroblasts. The existence of MFH as a well-defined clinicopathological entity became rapidly very popular and by the mid 1980s MFH represented the most common sarcoma in adults. With the advent of electron microscopy, immunohistochemistry and molecular genetics, it became clear that the so-called "facultative fibroblast" theory had no scientific grounds and, in 1992, a milestone paper eventually brought attention to the concept that MFH merely represented a morphological pattern shared by a wide variety of poorly differentiated malignant neoplasms, which include specific subtypes of pleomorphic sarcomas. Currently, accurate subclassification of pleomorphic sarcomas is mandatory as it enables recognition of non-sarcomatous lesions as well as pleomorphic neoplasms not associated with aggressive behaviour. Furthermore, as myogenic differentiation predicts aggressive clinical behaviour among pleomorphic sarcomas, precise histotyping allows prognostic stratification of patients.
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- A P Dei Tos
- Department of Pathology, Hospital of Treviso, Piazza Ospedale 1, 31100 Treviso, Italy.
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Mitsuhashi T, Barr RJ, Machtinger LA, Cassarino DS. Primary Cutaneous Myxofibrosarcoma Mimicking Pleomorphic Hyalinizing Angiectatic Tumor (PHAT). Am J Dermatopathol 2005; 27:322-6. [PMID: 16121054 DOI: 10.1097/01.dad.0000171605.48186.31] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Myxofibrosarcoma (MFS) is one of the most common sarcomas of adults, and includes lesions ranging from low to high grade based on increasing cellularity, nuclear pleomorphism, and mitotic activity. We present an unusual case of MFS, which initially showed features of a pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor (PHAT), a rare soft-tissue tumor considered benign in the WHO classification. The initial lesion showed a subcutaneous proliferation of spindled to polygonal eosinophilic cells with striking cellular pleomorphism, set in a myxoid to sclerotic stroma with prominent hyalinized and angiectatic vasculature, classic characteristics of PHAT. Rare mitotic figures were identified. The preliminary diagnosis of PHAT was confirmed by a consultant expert soft-tissue pathologist. Four months after the initial surgery, local recurrence was noted. The recurrent tumor demonstrated findings of a high-grade MFS, with a diffuse and cellular proliferation of atypical spindle cells set in a prominent myxoid stroma. Multiple mitoses, including atypical ones, were present. In light of these findings, the original specimen was reexamined and the initial diagnosis was amended to MFS. MFS may mimic or be confused with several benign soft-tissue lesions. Cases mimicking PHAT have not been previously reported. We describe a unique case of a high-grade MFS that initially showed characteristic features of a PHAT, to illuminate the fact that MFS may rarely arise in, or have areas that masquerade as, PHAT. It is also conceivable, although speculative, that at least some cases of PHAT, currently considered a benign tumor by the WHO, may actually represent or evolve into a unique form of MFS of low malignant potential.
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- Takako Mitsuhashi
- Dermatopathology Laboratory, Department of Pathology, University of California, Irvine, USA
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Lin O, Crapanzano JP. Fine-needle aspiration cytology of pleomorphic hyalinized angiectatic tumor: A case report. Diagn Cytopathol 2005; 32:238-42. [PMID: 15754361 DOI: 10.1002/dc.20219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Pleomorphic hyalinized angiectatic tumor (PHAT) of soft parts is a neoplasm characterized by spindle and pleomorphic cells associated with an angiectatic vasculature. We describe the cytological findings of a fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) from the right medial knee of a 45-yr-old woman. The aspirate material was entirely submitted in Cytolit solution. The specimen was moderately cellular and was comprised of spindle cells in a background of fibrinous material. The cells varied from small, bland spindle cells with a fine chromatin pattern and inconspicuous nucleoli to larger pleomorphic cells with coarser chromatin and occasional intranuclear inclusions. Most of the cells were arranged singly with sporadic small cluster formation with indistinct cell borders. Rare mononuclear inflammatory cells morphologically compatible with mast cells were identified. The differential diagnosis include solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) and ancient schwannoma, which also shows fibrous-like material and spindle cells that may have intranuclear inclusions.
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- Oscar Lin
- Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Ave., New York, NY 10021, USA.
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The pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor (PHAT) is a rare, low-grade neoplasm that features atypical stromal cells containing hemosiderin, partially thrombosed ectatic vessels with circumferential hyalinization, and a variable inflammatory infiltrate. Over the years, we have occasionally observed a monomorphic partially myxoid spindle cell component (provisionally termed "early PHAT") co-existing with classic PHAT. In some instances, this monomorphic lesion occurs by itself, suggesting an early stage in the evolution of PHAT. To explore this hypothesis and to better define the long-term behavior of PHAT, we have reviewed our experience with these lesions. Forty-one cases were identified from consultation files. They occurred chiefly in adults (median 51 years, range 10-79 years) of either sex (23 female, 18 male), ranged from 0.3 to 19.7 cm (median 5.6 cm), and involved the subcutis of the ankle/foot (N = 15), leg (N = 10), thigh (N = 6), and other sites. Thirteen tumors had been present for more than 1 year prior to biopsy. Fifteen tumors consisted entirely of typical PHAT. Twelve cases conformed to "early PHAT," lacked fully developed features of PHAT, and showed instead short fascicles of hemosiderin-stippled spindled cells that infiltrated fat and surrounded congeries of small, damaged vessels. With close scrutiny, all contained rare pleomorphic cells with intranuclear pseudo-inclusions, as seen in typical PHAT. Fourteen cases contained both classic and early PHAT, in variable proportions. Follow-up was available in 18 patients (mean 84 months, median 52 months; range 13-420 months). Six of 18 patients developed recurrences, 1 with classic PHAT, 1 with mixed early-classic PHAT, and 4 with early PHAT. Following resection, 16 are disease free and 2 have persistent disease. None has developed metastasis. Based on the histologic overlap between early and classic PHAT, the presence of early PHAT at the periphery of classic PHAT, and the admixture of both patterns within the same tumor, we conclude that early PHAT represents a precursor lesion for PHAT. It appears essentially identical to the lesion termed "hemosiderotic fibrohistiocytic lipomatous lesion," supporting the notion that the latter is a neoplastic rather than a reactive lesion. PHAT should be considered mesenchymal tumors of intermediate malignancy, given their high rate of (sometimes aggressive) local recurrence.
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- Andrew L Folpe
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
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Reis-Filho JS, Lopes JM. Pathologic quiz case: a 53-year-old man with a slowly enlarging mass in the right leg. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2003; 127:627-8. [PMID: 12708914 DOI: 10.5858/2003-127-0627-pqcayo] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Jorge S Reis-Filho
- Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology, University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal.
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Iwamoto CA, Garcia CF, Fung C, Razzak M. Pathologic quiz case: a 49-year-old woman with a left axillary mass. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2003; 127:E107-8. [PMID: 12562268 DOI: 10.5858/2003-127-e107-pq] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Carlos A Iwamoto
- Department of Pathology, Metropolitan Group Hospitals of the University of Illinois, Chicago, USA.
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Matsumoto K, Yamamoto T. Pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor of soft parts: a case report and literature review. Pathol Int 2002; 52:664-8. [PMID: 12445140 DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.2002.01406.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor (PHAT) is a rare, recently recognized neoplasm occurring predominantly in the subcutaneous tissue of the lower limbs of adults. We report a case of PHAT in an 83-year-old woman who presented with a 5.0 x 5.0 x 2.0 cm mass in the soft part of her left thigh. Histologically, the tumor was well circumscribed by a thin fibrous capsule and predominantly composed of fusiform cells with eosinophilic cytoplasm and round-to-oval or pleomorphic nuclei. The tumor cells resembled those of malignant fibrous histiocytoma, but differed from them by less prominent mitotic figures. Immunohistochemically, the tumor cells were diffusely and strongly positive for CD34; partially positive for vimentin and CD99 (MIC-2); and negative for epithelial and non-epithelial markers. Ultrastructurally, the tumor cells had pleomorphic cytoplasm and nucleus. Intermediate-sized cytoplasmic filaments were observed in a few tumor cells, but neurosecretory-type granule-like intracytoplasmic organelles were not seen. These findings suggest that this tumor is derived from stromal fibroblast, such as solitary fibrous tumors or giant cell angiofibroma.
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- Koshi Matsumoto
- Division of Pathology, Second Hospital of Nippon Medical School, Kawasaki, Japan.
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Khalifa MA, Montgomery EA, Ismiil N, Azumi N. What are the CD34+ cells in benign peripheral nerve sheath tumors? Double immunostaining study of CD34 and S-100 protein. Am J Clin Pathol 2000; 114:123-6. [PMID: 10884807 DOI: 10.1309/c7n9-j2au-5tb9-5frl] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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To determine whether CD34 expression in nerve sheath lesions was found in a unique cell population or in a subset of nerve sheath cells, we performed double immunohistochemical staining using a standard avidinbiotin complex method with 2 separate color developing systems. We studied 40 neurofibromas and 16 neurilemomas. All lesions strongly expressed S-100 in nuclei and cytoplasm. CD34 was detected in cells having ameboid dendritic cytoplasm present in greatest numbers in Antoni B zones of neurilemomas, myxoid zones of neurofibromas, at the periphery of lobules in both tumor types, and condensed in apposition to perineurium. The CD34+ cells also were detected in normal nerves. They were infrequent in Antoni A zones of neurilemomas. No dual S-100 and CD34 expression was seen. This double immunostaining confirms the presence of a CD34-reactive non-Schwannian cell type in these neural neoplasms. As the CD34+, S-100-negative cell population is present also in normal nerves and infrequently seen in the areas of cellular neoplastic Schwann cells, CD34+, S-100-negative cells in peripheral nerve sheath tumors most likely are nonneoplastic and may have a supportive function.
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- M A Khalifa
- Department of Pathology, Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Groisman GM, Bejar J, Amar M, Ben-Izhak O. Pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor of soft parts: immunohistochemical study including the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2000; 124:423-6. [PMID: 10705399 DOI: 10.5858/2000-124-0423-phatos] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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We report morphologic, flow cytometric, and immunohistochemical findings in two cases of pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor of soft parts. Both patients were middle-aged women with subcutaneous lesions located in the lower extremity. The tumors consisted of sheets of spindled and pleomorphic cells with frequent intranuclear pseudoinclusions associated with clusters of ectatic vessels surrounded by prominent perivascular hyaline material. Numerous, nonhyalinized vessels were also present, mostly in the peripheral areas of the lesions. Some of these vessels had their walls permeated by numerous small capillaries. Immunostaining for vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), a secreted protein that has been implicated in tumor-associated angiogenesis, demonstrated positive staining in both tumoral and endothelial cells. Tumor cells were also reactive to vimentin and CD34. Focal positivity for CD99 and factor XIIIa was also present. Flow cytometry yielded a diploid DNA histogram with S-phase fraction of 7%. Our findings corroborate those from previously reported cases. They further suggest that angiogenesis and the angiogenic factor VEGF may play a role in the development of this peculiar tumor.
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- G M Groisman
- Department of Pathology, Hillel-Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Bnai-Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
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Silverman JS, Tamsen A. CD34 and factor XIIIa-positive microvascular dendritic cells and the family of fibrohistiocytic mesenchymal tumors. Am J Dermatopathol 1998; 20:533-6. [PMID: 9790122 DOI: 10.1097/00000372-199810000-00022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Silverman JS, Tamsen A. A cutaneous case of giant cell angiofibroma occurring with dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans and showing bimodal CD34+ fibroblastic and FXIIIa+ histiocytic immunophenotype. J Cutan Pathol 1998; 25:265-70. [PMID: 9696292 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1998.tb01731.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Dei Tos and colleagues in 1995 reported a series of seven distinctive orbital tumors in adults which they named giant cell angiofibroma (GCA). The morphologic features are intermediate between giant cell fibroblastoma and solitary fibrous tumor with a richly vascularized, patternless spindle cell proliferation forming a collagenous or myxoid stroma with pseudovascular angiectoid spaces. The spindled tumor cells have large, rounded nuclei, sometimes with complex folded shape and pseudoinclusions. There also are multi- or mononuclear giant cells, and these tumor cells partly line so-called angiectoid spaces. Cells express human progenitor cell antigen CD34 and vimentin. One case in the buccinator fascia was also noted by the authors, but similar cutaneous lesions are thus far unknown. We report our experience with a polypoid tumor that ocurred on the thigh of a 49-year-old woman that conforms to the description of GCA. The tumor has variegated vessels admixed with patternless spindle and giant cell stroma with angiectoid spaces as well as areas of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP). Most tumor cells express vimentin and CD34, including giant and spindle cells lining angiectoid spaces. Focally up to 40% of the lesional cells express coagulation factor XIIIa with histiocytoid to highly dendritic cytosomes. The DFSP component is composed of admixed CD34+ and FXIIIa+ dendritic cells arranged in a storiform pattern. Tumor cells are negative for actin, desmin, S-100, and cytokeratin. The Ki67 proliferation index is 1% in GCA areas and 3% in DFSP areas; Ki 67 stains mainly fibroblasts. We conclude that this cutaneous GCA is a fibrohistiocytic tumor closely related to and representing a more organoid angioformative analog of GCF, with both being related histogenetically also to DFSP. These lesions represent part of a greater spectrum of fibrovascular tissue patterns, all probably derived from proliferations of interactive microvascular CD34+ fibroblasts and FXIIIa+ histiocytes.
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- J S Silverman
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Southampton Hospital, New York, USA
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Silverman JS, Albukerk J, Tamsen A. Comparison of angiomyofibroblastoma and aggressive angiomyxoma in both sexes: four cases composed of bimodal CD34 and factor XIIIa positive dendritic cell subsets. Pathol Res Pract 1998; 193:673-82. [PMID: 9505259 DOI: 10.1016/s0344-0338(97)80026-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Aggressive angiomyxoma (AA) is a distinctive, locally aggressive, fibromyxoid tumor of the pelvic and genital soft tissues. AA is of unknown histogenesis but the cytologically bland spindled tumor cells, which surround characteristic variegated blood vessels, show fibroblastic or myofibroblastic features. AA may be related to angiomyofibroblastoma (AMF), another cytologically bland fibromyxoid genital spindle cell tumor with variable myoid differentiation that does not, as a rule, recur. Recently, CD34+ primitive fibroblasts and factor XIIIa+ dendritic histiocytes have been found in varying combination in many fibrovascular, fibrohistiocytic, and myxoid soft tissue tumors. Both cells belong to the microvascular unit, a tissue responsible for stromal repair and remodeling and angiogenesis. To determine if these ubiquitous stromal cells participate in the histogenesis of AA and AMF, we examined two scrotal tumors, one AA with multiple recurrences and one AMF, for the presence of CD34+ and FXIIIa+ dendritic cell subsets. For comparison, a vaginal AMF and a pararectal AA in a woman were included. We also studied actins and desmin to detect myofibroblastic differentiation, and, through double labeling studies, assessed hormone receptors and the cell cycle marker Ki 67 in the different cell subsets. The AA showed unusual cytologic atypia and was initially diagnosed as liposarcoma. It massively recurred four times over 12 years, the first time after seven years. The histologic appearance was fairly constant over the years. The scrotal AMF was a circumscribed 6 cm mass in a 37 year old man. In both cases, most tumor cells were wavy and fibrillar, spindled, stellate, or polygonal fibroblast-like CD34+ dendritic cells. Depending on the area examined, a 20-50% subset of dendritic cells showed both nuclear and cytoplasmic staining for FXIIIa. Actin+ cells were rare but vessels had actin+ myopericytes, although a small focus of the initial male AA was desmin positive. The recurring AA expressed androgen receptors and had Ki 67 index of 10-20% in "hot spots" of the primary and up to 30% in recurrent tumors. The scrotal AMF widely expressed androgen and progesterone receptors with focal estrogen receptor positivity and the Ki 67 index was 10%. Both CD34+ fibroblasts and FXIIIa+ histiocytes were present in the Ki 67+ cycling fraction in both the male AA and AMF and both cell types expressed androgen receptors. The female pararectal AA had more focal CD34 reactivity, particularly in perivascular fibroblasts and these cells were admixed with small FXIIIa+ cells. The vaginal AMF was strongly desmin+ and variably to weakly CD34+ with 20% FXIIIa+ dendritic cells and Ki 67 index of 2%. The vaginal AMF strongly expressed estrogen, progesterone, and androgen receptors. In conclusion our data suggest that at least some AA and AMF are myxoid fibrohistiocytic tumors composed of CD34+ fibroblasts and FXIIIa+ dendritic histiocytes. In our tumors, neoplastic CD34+ dendritic fibroblasts showed predominantly myxo-collagenous differentiation with prominent myofibroblastic differentiation in only one desmin+ vaginal AMF. Our results support the notion that AMF and AA are part of a morphologic and histogenetic continuum of myxofibrous and myoid tumors that may arise due to interactions between microvascular CD34+ fibroblasts and FXIIIa+ histiocytes. CD34 and FXIIIa reactivity may be underappreciated in these tumors and is more important when considered histogenetically and biologically rather than in classifying individual neoplasms. Hormonal stimulation of proliferating pelvico-gential microvascular dendritic cells appears to play a role in the morphogenesis of both tumors.
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- J S Silverman
- Department of Pathology, Southampton Hospital, New York, USA
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Silverman JS, Chumas J. Adenomatoid Tumors of the Female Genital Tract: Immunohistochemical Study of CD34 and Factor XIIIa in Eight Cases. J Histotechnol 1998. [DOI: 10.1179/his.1998.21.1.59] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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