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An exhaustive [[DDx]] for a ''large epithelioid tumour'' is in ''[[large epithelioid tumours]]''. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== |
Revision as of 02:39, 7 October 2013
Epithelioid cell lesions are very common in pathology. Malignant epithelioid lesions are usually a carcinoma.
Differential diagnosis
A short DDx
- Carcinoma (primary and metastatic).
- Malignant melanoma.
- Sarcoma.
Epithelioid sarcomas
All rules are made to be broken... some epithelioid lesions are sarcomas:[1]
- Epithelioid sarcoma.
- Epithelioid angiosarcoma.
- Alveolar soft part sarcoma.
- Rhabdoid tumour.
Others:
- Clear cell sarcoma.
- Epithelioid gastrointestinal stromal tumour.
- Synovial sarcoma, primitive round cell type.
- Sarcomas in the small round cell tumours group, e.g. Ewing sarcoma.
Note:
- A more complete list is below.
Large epithelioid tumours
An exhaustive DDx for a large epithelioid tumour is in large epithelioid tumours.
See also
References
- ↑ Dei Tos AP, Wagner AJ, Modena P, Comandone A, Leyvraz S (August 2009). "Epithelioid soft tissue tumors". Semin. Oncol. 36 (4): 347–57. doi:10.1053/j.seminoncol.2009.06.005. PMID 19664495.