Difference between revisions of "Fibroblastic/myofibroblastic tumours"
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*Grouped with ''hemangiopericytoma'' in the WHO classification - as it is thought to be the same tumour.<ref name=Ref_WMSP609>{{Ref WMSP|609}}</ref> | *Grouped with ''hemangiopericytoma'' in the WHO classification - as it is thought to be the same tumour.<ref name=Ref_WMSP609>{{Ref WMSP|609}}</ref> | ||
*May be benign ''or'' malignant; more commonly benign.<ref>URL: [http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/diagnosis?pii=S1559-8675%2806%2970528-9 http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/diagnosis?pii=S1559-8675%2806%2970528-9]. Accessed on: 25 June 2010.</ref><ref>URL: [http://wjso.com/content/6/1/86 http://wjso.com/content/6/1/86]. Accessed on: 25 June 2010.</ref> | *May be benign ''or'' malignant; more commonly benign.<ref>URL: [http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/diagnosis?pii=S1559-8675%2806%2970528-9 http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/diagnosis?pii=S1559-8675%2806%2970528-9]. Accessed on: 25 June 2010.</ref><ref>URL: [http://wjso.com/content/6/1/86 http://wjso.com/content/6/1/86]. Accessed on: 25 June 2010.</ref> | ||
*May be associated with hypoglycemia. | |||
**Known as ''Doege-Potter syndrome''.<ref name=pmid1474302>{{Cite journal | last1 = Roy | first1 = TM. | last2 = Burns | first2 = MV. | last3 = Overly | first3 = DJ. | last4 = Curd | first4 = BT. | title = Solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura with hypoglycemia: the Doege-Potter syndrome. | journal = J Ky Med Assoc | volume = 90 | issue = 11 | pages = 557-60 | month = Nov | year = 1992 | doi = | PMID = 1474302 }}</ref> | |||
===Gross=== | |||
*Classically arise from the pleura - see ''[[solitary fibrous tumour of the pleura]]''. | *Classically arise from the pleura - see ''[[solitary fibrous tumour of the pleura]]''. | ||