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'''Leiomyosarcoma''' is a malignant tumour of smooth muscle.  It is seen in various places including the [[uterus]] and [[skin]].
'''Leiomyosarcoma''' is a malignant tumour of smooth muscle.  It is seen in various places including the [[uterus]] and [[skin]].


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*[[Endometrial stromal sarcoma]].
*[[Endometrial stromal sarcoma]].


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===Images===
*Uterine:
Uterine:
**[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Uterine_leiomyosarcoma_%281%29.jpg Uterine leiomyosarcoma 1 (WC)].
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**[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Uterine_leiomyosarcoma_%282%29.jpg Uterine leiomyosarcoma 2 (WC)].
Image:Uterine_leiomyosarcoma_%281%29.jpg | Uterine leiomyosarcoma 1 (WC)
*Cutaneous:
Image:Uterine_leiomyosarcoma_%282%29.jpg | Uterine leiomyosarcoma 2 (WC)
**WC:
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***[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cutaneous_leiomyosarcoma_-_intermed_mag.jpg Cutaneous leiomyosarcoma - intermed. mag. - shows fascicular pattern (WC)].
Cutaneous:
***[http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Cutaneous_leiomyosarcoma_-_a_-_intermed_mag.jpg Cutaneous leiomyosarcoma - intermed. mag. (WC)].
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***[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cutaneous_leiomyosarcoma_-_high_mag.jpg Cutaneous leiomyosarcoma - high mag. (WC)].
Image:Cutaneous_leiomyosarcoma_-_intermed_mag.jpg | Cutaneous leiomyosarcoma - intermed. mag. - shows fascicular pattern (WC)
**www:
Image:Cutaneous_leiomyosarcoma_-_a_-_intermed_mag.jpg | Cutaneous leiomyosarcoma - intermed. mag. (WC)
***[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case107/micro.html Cutaneous leiomyosarcoma (upmc.edu)].
Image:Cutaneous_leiomyosarcoma_-_high_mag.jpg | Cutaneous leiomyosarcoma - high mag. (WC)
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www:
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case107/micro.html Cutaneous leiomyosarcoma (upmc.edu)].
===Subtypes===
===Subtypes===
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Leiomyosarcoma
Diagnosis in short

Leiomyosarcoma. H&E stain.
Site uterus, skin

Prevalence uncommon
Prognosis poor

Leiomyosarcoma is a malignant tumour of smooth muscle. It is seen in various places including the uterus and skin.

General

  • Poor prognosis.
  • Do not (generally) arise from leiomyomas.
  • Often singular, i.e. one tumour; unlike leiomyomas (which are often multiple).

Gross

Features:

  • "Fleshy" appearance.
  • Necrosis.
  • Large size.
  • Often singular, i.e. one lesion; leiomyomata are often multiple.

Microscopic

Features:

  • Usually a cellular lesion.
  • Fasciclar arrangement:
    • Whorled look at low power.
    • Groups of spindle cells cut peripendicular to their long axis adjacent to groups of spindle cells cut in the plane of their long axis.
  • Features of malignancy (usually need 2 of 3): †
    1. Nuclear atypia.
    2. Tumour cell necrosis.
      • Should be patchy/multifocal.
        • Zonal necrosis is suggestive of vascular cause.
    3. Mitoses - key feature - definitions suffer from HPFitis:
      • >=10 mitoses/HPF - if spindled.[1]
      • >=5 mitoses/HPF - if epithelioid.[1]
      • >=2 mitoses/HPF - if myxoid.[1]
      • >=1 mitosis/HPF - if cutaneous.[2]
  • +/-Heterologous elements, e.g. malignant cartilage or bone.[3]

Notes:

  • † In deep soft tissue. 1 of 3 criteria is considered enough.[4]
  • Leiomyosarcoma de facto trumps other sarcomas.[3]
  • Mitotic rate seems to be a relatively weak predictor; modest rate may be malignant and a high rate benign.[5]

DDx:

Images

Uterine:

Cutaneous:

www:

Subtypes

Major variants:[6]

  • Spindled leiomyosarcoma (leiomyosarcoma NOS) - see above.
  • Epithelioid leiomyosarcoma.
  • Myxoid leiomyosarcoma.

Minor variants:[6]

  • Leiomyosarcoma with prominent intravascular growth.
  • Leiomyosarcoma with osteoclast-type cells.
  • Leiomyosarcoma with clear cells.
  • Leiomyosarcoma with xanthoma-type cells.

Epithelioid leiomyosarcoma

Features:[1]

  • >50% epithelial appearance.
  • >=5 mitoses/HPF - definition suffers from HPFitis.

Image:

Myxoid leiomyosarcoma

Features:[1]

  • >=2 mitoses/HPF - definition suffers from HPFitis.
  • May have minimal nuclear atypia.

IHC

Features:

  • Positive for SMC markers.
    • Desmin - present in all three types of muscle.
    • H-caldesmon.
    • Smooth muscle myosin.
  • CD10 -ve.

Others:[6]

  • ER, PR, AR +ve -- 30-40% of the time.
  • CD117 +ve/-ve.
  • p53 +ve.
  • MIB1 high.
  • Kertins usu. -ve -- more often +ve in epithelioid variant.

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Nucci, Marisa R.; Oliva, Esther (2009). Gynecologic Pathology: A Volume in Foundations in Diagnostic Pathology Series (1st ed.). Churchill Livingstone. pp. 281. ISBN 978-0443069208.
  2. Kraft S, Fletcher CD (April 2011). "Atypical intradermal smooth muscle neoplasms: clinicopathologic analysis of 84 cases and a reappraisal of cutaneous "leiomyosarcoma"". Am. J. Surg. Pathol. 35 (4): 599–607. doi:10.1097/PAS.0b013e31820e6093. PMID 21358302.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Anh Tran, T.; Holloway, RW. (Sep 2012). "Metastatic leiomyosarcoma of the uterus with heterologous differentiation to malignant mesenchymoma.". Int J Gynecol Pathol 31 (5): 453-7. doi:10.1097/PGP.0b013e318246977d. PMID 22833086.
  4. URL: http://surgpathcriteria.stanford.edu/softsmoothmuscle/soft_tissue_leiomyosarcoma/differentialdiagnosis.html. Accessed on: 10 May 2013.
  5. Guo, L.; Liu, T.; Huang, H. (Oct 1996). "[Reappraisal of the pathological criteria for uterine leiomyosarcoma].". Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi 25 (5): 266-9. PMID 9388868.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Nucci, Marisa R.; Oliva, Esther (2009). Gynecologic Pathology: A Volume in Foundations in Diagnostic Pathology Series (1st ed.). Churchill Livingstone. pp. 284. ISBN 978-0443069208.