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===Molecular=== | ===Molecular=== |
Revision as of 13:30, 18 April 2011
Soft tissue lesions strike fear in many pathologists as they are uncommon and may be difficult to diagnose.
Introduction
WHO classification of soft tissue lesions/tumours
Morphologic grouping[1]
- Adipocytic tumours.
- Fibroblastic/myofibroblastic tumours.
- "Fibrohistiocytic" tumours.
- Smooth muscle tumours.
- Skeletal muscle tumours.
- Vascular tumours.
- Perivascular (pericytic) tumours.
- Chondro-osseous tumours.
- Tumours of uncertain differentiation.
Biologic potential grouping[2]
- Benign.
- Intermediate (locally aggressive).
- Intermediate (rarely metastasizing).
- Malignant.
Prevalence
- All sarcomas are rare buggers.
- As the classification has been changing over the past years (with more subtypes being recognized/identified) numbers are variable from study-to-study.
- Once upon a time almost everything was called malignant fibrous histiocytoma; thus, it is listed as a common entity in some publications.
Most common:[3]
- Liposarcoma.
- Leiomyosarcoma.
Molecular testing
- Molecular testing plays an important role in soft tissue pathology.
- It is generally seen as an adjunct test that:[4]
- Often is used to confirm the histomorphologic impression/quality control.
- Frequently has some prognostic significance.
- May directly affect treatment.
Translocations
- Many tumours in soft tissue pathology are diagnosed inconjunction with the finding of chromosomal translocations.
Histologic patterns
Name | Description | DDx | Image | Other |
---|---|---|---|---|
Storiform, AKA patternless pattern[5] | whorled, cartwheel-like arrangement | pleomorphic undifferentiated sarcoma, solitary fibrous tumour, dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans | image ? | other ? |
Herring bone | like herring bone (technique) for climbing a hill in cross country skiing; books on a shelf, where they have partially fallen over -- on the one shelf to the left and the one below to the right | fibrosarcoma, synovial sarcoma, MPNST | image ? | other ? |
Fasicular | the long axis of the (spindle) cells are perpendicular to one another in adjacent bundles of cells | leiomyoma | image ? | other ? |
Biphasic | nests of cells and stroma | synovial sarcoma, DSRCT, alveolar RMS | image ? | other ? |
Grading
- Several systems exist.
- The US-CAP advocates the use of the French system over the NCI system.
- The French system is a better predictor metastases and mortality.[6]
French system
- Differentiation (score 1-3).
- De facto, this is mostly the histologic type.
- Mitotic rate (score 1-3).
- Necrosis (score 0-2)
Obtaining a score:
- Add all the points from the three components.
Scoring:
- Grade 1 = 2-3.
- Grade 2 = 4-5.
- Grade 3 = 6-8.
Differentiation
- Standardized for histologic types.
- Most tumours = 3/3.
Exceptions:[7]
- Well-differentiated liposarcoma = 1.
- Myxoid liposarcoma = 2.
- Conventional liposarcoma = 2.
- Fibrosarcoma = 2.
- Myxofibrosarcoma =2.
A group of tumours is not graded:[7]
- MPNST.
- Rhabdomyosarcoma.
- Alveolar soft part sarcoma.
- Clear cell sarcoma.
- Extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma.
Mitotic rate
- 0-9 mitoses/10 HPF.
- 10-19 mitoses/10 HPF.
- >=20 mitoses/10 HPF.
Notes:
- 1 HPF = 0.1734 mm^2.
- Most resident microscopes have a field of view = 0.2376 mm^2.
- Thus, ~7.3 HPFs on a resident microscope corresponds to 10 US-CAP HPFs.
- Most resident microscopes have a field of view = 0.2376 mm^2.
Necrosis
- None = score 0.
- <=50% of tumour = score 1.
- >50% of tumour = score 2.
MSH system
Some pathologists at MSH use the system advocated by Costa et al..[8]
Scoring
- Grade 1 = 1 point.
- Grade 2 = 2 points.
- Grade 3 = 3-4 points.
Components
Points for each of the following:
- Mitotic activity >= 6 / 10 HPF @ 40X - definition suffers from HPFitis.
- Pleomorphism present.
- Cellularity (cells/matrix) > 50%.
- Necrosis >15% - microscopic (without targeting necrosis grossly) or grossly.
Adipocytic tumours
This category includes:
- Lipoma.
- Liposarcoma.
- Hibernoma.
Smooth muscle tumours
Leiomyosarcoma
See gyne notes.
Microscopy
Features:
- Nuclear atypia.
- Necrosis.
- Mitoses.
Fibrohistiocytic tumours
Pleomorphic undifferentiated sarcoma
- Abbreviated PUS.
- AKA Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma.
- Previously known as malignant fibrous histiocytoma, abbreviated MFH.[9]
General
- Common sarcoma.
- Usu. deep tissue of the trunk and extremities.
Microscopic
Features:[10]
- Storiform pattern (AKA patternless pattern) - key feature.
- Marked nuclear pleomorphism key feature.
- Variation is nuclear size, nuclear shape and nuclear staining (esp. hyperchromasia).
- Mitoses - abundant; atypical mitoses common.
- Necrosis (common).
- Mix of spindle cells and epithelioid cells.
Other findings:
- +/-Giant cells (see subclassification).
- +/-Inflammation (see subclassification).
- Neutrophils.
- Eosinophils.
Image:
Subclassification
Pleomorphic sarcoma (PS) is subclassified the following way:[11]
- PS with giant cells.
- PS with inflammation.
- PUS (not otherwise specified) - wastebasket diagnosis; if neither of the above two apply.
Fibroblastic/myofibroblastic tumours
Nodular fasciitis
General
- Benign.
- All age groups.
- Associated with trauma.
Microscopic
Features:[12]
- Circumscribed clusters of spindle cells.
- +/-Mitoses.
- Inflammation.
- Microcysts in cellular regions - key feature.
Notes:
- No significant nuclear atypia.
- No atypical mitoses.
Images:
IHC
Routine spindle cell panel:
- CD34 -ve.
- Desmin -ve..
- SMA -ve.
- S100 -ve.
- AE1/AE3 -ve.
Others:
- H-caldesmon -ve.
- EMA -ve.
- Vimentin +ve.
Molecular
- Evolving - case reports.
- t(15;15)(q13;q25).[13]
Desmoid-type fibromatosis
- AKA desmoid tumour.
General
- Benign.
- Locally aggressive.[14]
- May be seen in the context of familial adenomatous polyposis.
Microscopic
Features:[15]
- Abundant fibroblasts.
- Arranged in bundles or fascicles.
- +/-Collagen.
IHC
Features:[15]
- Beta-catenin +ve.
- SMA +ve ~50% of lesions.
Proliferative fasciitis
- Need to write something here.
Solitary fibrous tumour
General
- Grouped with hemangiopericytoma in the WHO classification; possibly the same tumour (?).[15]
- May be benign or malignant; more commonly benign.[16][17]
Microscopic
Features:
- Well-circumscribed.
- Fibroblast-like cells (spindle cells).
- Hemangiopericytoma-like area (staghorn vessels) - not seen on image.
- Keloid-like collagen bundles.
Images:
IHC
- CD34 ~90% +ve.
- CD99 ~70% +ve.
- BCL2 ~50% +ve.
Hemangiopericytoma
General
- Grouped with solitary fibrous tumour in the WHO classification; possibly the same tumour (?).[15]
- Arises from the pericyte, a connective tissue cell of small vessels that is thought to be involved in flow regulation.
- Hematologic spread most common - to lungs.[18]
- Oncogenic osteomalacia - assoc. with hemangiopericytoma.[19]
Presentation
- Usually painless mass, slow enlargement.
Radiology
- Intramedullary lytic mass.
- May be well-circumscribed.
- +/-Periosteal reaction.
- +/-Sclerotic border.
May be worked-up with angiography to distinguish from a vascular malformation.[20]
Location
- Usually extremities - femur or prox. tibial.[21]
Histology
Features:[22]
- Hypervascular lesion - key diagnostic feature.[23]
- Abundant thin-walled branching small vessels of variable size.
- May be described as "staghorn vessels" or "antler-like" vasculature.
- Cells may "onion-skin" around thin blood vessels.
- Abundant thin-walled branching small vessels of variable size.
- Spindle or ovoid shaped cells in nests or sheets.
IHC
- Vimentin +ve (usually).
- Desmin -ve (typical).
- Factor VIII -ve (marks endothelium).
- CD34 +ve.
- CD34 usu. -ve in synovial sarcoma.
- CD31 -ve (marks benign endothelium).
- vWF (von Willebrand factor) -ve.
May be in the DDx for meningioma:[24]
- EMA -ve.
- S100 -ve.
DDx
- Other vascular tumours.
- Vascular malformations.
- Synovial sarcoma.
Desmoplastic fibroblastoma
- AKA collagenous fibroma.[25]
- Benign lesion.
- Classically found in shoulder region.
IHC
- Beta-catenin -ve.[26]
- Significance ???
Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma
- AKA hyalinizing spindle cell tumour.
General
- Deep soft tissue.
Microscopic
Features:[27]
- Myoid stroma - key feature.
- Low cellularity.
- Spindle cells.
Notes:
- Few/absent mitoses.
Molecular pathology
t(7;16)(q33;p11)[28]
Vascular lesions
Vascular lesions are "too red"; they have too many RBCs.
Hemangioma
General
Comes is various flavours:[29]
- Tufted.
- Small clusters of blood vessels.
- Microvenular hemangioma.
- Glomeruloid hemangioma - associated with POEMS syndrome.
- Epithelioid hemangioma.
- Targetoid hemosideric hemangioma.
Microscopic
Features:
- Abundance of benign small blood vessels. (???)
Kaposi sarcoma
General
- Not really a sarcoma.
- Caused by HHV-8.
- Associated with immunodeficiency, e.g. HIV/AIDS.
Stages
It is seen in different stages:[30]
- Patch stage.
- Plaque stage.
- Nodular stage.
- Lymphangioma-like. (???)
Microscopic
Features:[31]- key feature.
- +/-Nuclear atypia.
- Hyaline globules (intracytoplasmic)[32] - pale pink globs (that are paler than RBCs) - important feature.
- +/-Hemosiderin deposits.
DDx:
- Angiosarcoma (have many mitoses, nuclear atypia).
- Masson's hemangioma (Intravascular papillary endothelial hyperplasia).
Notes:
- Hyaline globules have a DDx (hepatocellular carcinoma, lung adenocarcinoma, chondrosarcomas + others).[32]
- Promontory sign - small vessel protruding into an abnormal vascular space.[33]
- Not pathognomonic for KS.[34]
- Image: Promontory sign (diagnosticpathology.org).
Images:
IHC
- CD31 +ve.
- CD34 +ve.
- HHV-8 +ve.
Masson hemangioma
General
- Benign non-neoplastic lesion - a vessel that has thrombosed and recanalized.
- AKA intravascular papillary endothelial hyperplasia.[35]
- Histomorphologically may be confused with low-grade angiosarcoma or other soft tissue sarcomas.[35]
Microscopic
Features:
- Well-circumscribed - key (low power) feature.
- Abundant small vascular channels with benign endothelium.
Notes:
- Looks like Kaposi sarcoma at high power.
Angiosarcoma
General
- Malignant tumour - with a horrible prognosis.[36]
- Classically on the scalp or head & neck.
- May arise secondary to therapeutic radiation or chronic lymphoedema related to breast carcinoma.
Microscopic
Features:
- Very many small capillaries of irregular shape lined with:
- Pleomorphic nuclei.
- May have hobnail morphology.
- Pleomorphic nuclei.
- Mitoses.
- Cytoplasmic vacuoles.
- Cells trying to form lumina - embryologic.
Notes:
- Epithelioid variant (with abundant cytoplasm & sheeting architecture) may resemble melanoma or hepatocellular carcinoma.
IHC
- CD34 +ve.
- D2-40 +ve. (???)
- CD31 +ve.
Hemangioendothelioma
General
- Usually benign.
Microscopic
Features:[31]
- Well-formed thin vascular channels on a fibrous stroma - key feature.
- +/-Thrombosis.
- +/-Calcification.
- +/-Fibrosis.
- +/-Myxoid change.
IHC
- Factor VIII +ve.
Skeletal muscle tumours
Rhabdomyoma
Rhabdomyosarcoma
- Abbreviated RMS.
Comes it two main flavours:
- Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma.
- Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma.
The histology may be that of a small round cell tumour.
Chondro-osseous tumours
This grouping includes tumours derived from cartilage and bone.
Tumours of uncertain differentiation
Alveolar soft part sarcoma
- Abbreviated ASPS.
General
- Adolescents/young adults.
- Children -- classically location: base of tongue and orbit.
Microscopic
Features:[37]
- Arranged in nest/separated by thin septa; vaguely resembles alveoli (at low power).
- Large cells (~30-50 μm) with abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm.
- An eccentric nucleus.
- +/-Nucleolus.
Images:
Molecular
- t(X;17)(p11.2;q25).[38]
Desmoplastic small round cell tumour
- Abbreviated DSRCT.
General
- Males > females.
- Usu. affects young adults.
- Typically retroperitoneal.
- Poor prognosis.
Microscopic
Features:[39]
- Broad bands of paucicellular fibrous stroma with:
- Small round cells in nests with an undulating sharp border.
- The small round cells lack distinct nucleoli and have scant cytoplasm; they are small round cell tumour cells.
Notes:
- Usu. abundant mitoses.
- +/-Necrosis.
Images:
DDx:
- Metastatic germ cell tumour (DDx of location and age).
- Embryonal RMS.
- It should be noted that DSRCT, like embryonal RMS, is +ve for desmin!
IHC
Features:
- AE1/AE3 +ve.
- Desmin +ve.
- EMA +ve.
Molecular
Clear cell sarcoma
- Known among pathologists as "soft-tissue melanoma" and "melanoma of the soft parts", as it has a strong morphological resemblance.[42]
- Molecular changes and origin distinct from melanoma.
- Incidence: rare soft tissue tumour.
Clinical
- Usually - deep soft tissue or extremities.
- Guarded prognosis.
- First described in 1965.[43]
Microscopy
Features:[42]
- Architecture: sheets or fascicular (bundles) arrangement.
- Cells: Spindle cells or epithelioid cells.
- Prominent nucleoli - basophilic.
- Fibrous septae.
- Uniform
Image:
IHC
Features:[42]
- S100 +ve.
- HMB-45 +ve.
- Melan A (MART-1) +ve; sometimes -ve.
- BCL2 +ve.
- CD57 +ve (usually).
Keratins:
- EMA may be +ve.
- CAM5.2 -ve.
- AE1/AE3 -ve.
Molecular studies
- Chromosomal translocation t(12;22)(q13;q12).[42]
- Fusion transcripts:
- EWSR1-ATF1.
- EWSR1-CREB1 (GI tract associated).
- Fusion transcripts:
Synovial sarcoma
General
- Does not arise from cartilage.[37]
- Usually close to a joint.
- Young adults or adolescents.
Microscopic
Comes in three (histologic) flavours:[37][44]
- Spindle cell sarcoma with features of hemangiopericytoma, i.e. staghorn vessels.
- Biphasic synovial sarcoma:
- Spindle cells with features of hemangiopericytoma.
- Epitheliod glands or nests.
- Primative round cell type.
Images:
- Monophasic synovial sarcoma with staghorn vessels - intermed. mag. (WC).
- Synovial sarcoma (scielo.br).
- Synovial sarcoma - collection of images (humpath.com).
IHC
Features:[37]
- Vimentin +ve + cytokeratin and/or EMA +ve.
- CD99 +ve.
Others:
Molecular pathology
Unique translocation:
- t(X;18)(p11.2;q11.2).[47]
Other
Granulocytic sarcoma
- AKA myeloid sarcoma, AKA chloroma.
General
- Soft tissue manifestation of acute myeloid leukemia.
Microscopic
Features:
- May mimic small cell carcinoma, small round cell tumours.
See also
- Bone.
- Dermatopathology.
- Hematopathology.
- Spindle cell lesion.
- Neurofibromatosis.
- Small round cell tumours.
References
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