Difference between revisions of "Myxoid lesions"

Revision as of 17:08, 21 January 2012

Myxoid lesions occasionally appear on the pathologist's desk.

The differential diagnosis is very large.

Features:

GI tract:

Gyne:

Soft tissue:

Skin:

Breast:

Salivary gland:

Heart:

Neuropathology:

Features:

Salivary gland:

Skin:

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 ==Myxoid stroma==
-Has a pale/blue appearance.
+Features:
+*Stroma has a pale/blue appearance.
-Examples:
+GI tract:
+*[[Inflammatory fibroid polyp]].
+Gyne:
+*[[Myoid liposarcoma]].
+Soft tissue:
+*[[Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma]].
+*[[Myxoid liposarcoma]].
+*[[Spindle cell lipoma]].
+*[[Extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma]].
+*[[Myxoid chondrosarcoma]].
+*[[Aggressive angiomyxoma]].
+Skin:
+*[[Myxoma]].
+*Myxoid [[DFSP]].
 *[[Basal cell carcinoma]].
-*[[Inflammatory fibroid polyp]] - GI tract.
+*Myxoid [[neurofibroma]].
-*[[Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma]] - soft tissue.
-*[[Myxoid fibroadenoma]] - breast.
+Breast:
+*[[Phyllodes tumour]].
+*[[Fibroadenoma]].
+*[[Myxoid fibroadenoma]].
+Kidney:
+[[Renomedullary interstitial cell tumour]].
+Salivary gland:
+*[[Pleomorphic adenoma]].
+Heart:
+*[[Atrial myxoma]].
+Neuropathology:
+*[[Pilomyxoid astrocytoma]].
+*[[Myxopapillay ependymoma]].
+*[[Chordoma]].
+*[[Chordoid meningioma]].
+==Chondromyxoid stroma==
+Features:
+*Cells in pseudonests.
+*Surrounding stroma bluish.
-*Myxoid [[DFSP]].
+Salivary gland:
-*[[Phyllodes tumour]] - breast.
+*[[Pleomorphic adenoma]].
-==Chondromyxoid==
+Skin:
 *[[Chondroid syringoma]].