Difference between revisions of "Epithelioid cell lesions"
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*[[Clear cell sarcoma]]. | *[[Clear cell sarcoma]]. | ||
*Epithelioid [[gastrointestinal stromal tumour]]. | *Epithelioid [[gastrointestinal stromal tumour]]. | ||
*[[Synovial sarcoma]], primitive round cell type. | |||
*Sarcomas in the ''[[small round cell tumours]]'' group, e.g. [[Ewing sarcoma]]. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 03:54, 24 February 2013
Epithelioid cell lesions are very common in pathology.
Malignant epithelioid lesions are usually a carcinoma.
A short differential diagnosis:
- 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.
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.