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'''Myxoid lesions''' occasionally appear on the [[pathologist]]'s desk. The [[differential diagnosis]] is very large, as many lesions have a myxoid variant. | '''Myxoid lesions''' occasionally appear on the [[pathologist]]'s desk. The [[differential diagnosis]] is very large, as many lesions have a myxoid variant. | ||
'''Mucinous tumours''' redirects here; the terms myxoid and mucinous may be used interchangably.<ref name=pmid12722122>{{Cite journal | last1 = Layfield | first1 = LJ. | title = Cytologic differential diagnosis of myxoid and mucinous neoplasms of the sacrum and parasacral soft tissues. | journal = Diagn Cytopathol | volume = 28 | issue = 5 | pages = 264-71 | month = May | year = 2003 | doi = 10.1002/dc.10281 | PMID = 12722122 }}</ref> | '''Mucinous tumours''' redirects here; the terms ''myxoid'' and ''mucinous'' may be used interchangably.<ref name=pmid12722122>{{Cite journal | last1 = Layfield | first1 = LJ. | title = Cytologic differential diagnosis of myxoid and mucinous neoplasms of the sacrum and parasacral soft tissues. | journal = Diagn Cytopathol | volume = 28 | issue = 5 | pages = 264-71 | month = May | year = 2003 | doi = 10.1002/dc.10281 | PMID = 12722122 }}</ref> ''[[Mucinous carcinoma]]'' is dealt with in its own article. | ||
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Revision as of 10:03, 14 February 2014
Myxoid lesions occasionally appear on the pathologist's desk. The differential diagnosis is very large, as many lesions have a myxoid variant.
Mucinous tumours redirects here; the terms myxoid and mucinous may be used interchangably.[1] Mucinous carcinoma is dealt with in its own article.
Short list
Myxoid stroma
Features:
- Stroma has a pale/blue appearance.
Gastrointestinal pathology
Gynecologic pathology
Soft tissue pathology
- Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma.
- Myxoid liposarcoma.
- Spindle cell lipoma.
- Extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma.
- Myxoid chondrosarcoma.
- Aggressive angiomyxoma.
- Myxoid malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour.
- Myxoid desmoid fibromatosis.
- Intramuscular myxoma.
Dermatopathology
- Myxoma.
- Myxoid DFSP.
- Basal cell carcinoma.
- Myxoid neurofibroma.
Breast pathology
Kidney pathology
Renomedullary interstitial cell tumour.
Salivary gland pathology
Cardiac pathology
Neuropathology
Chondromyxoid stroma
Features:
- Cells in pseudonests.
- Surrounding stroma bluish.
Salivary gland pathology
Dermatopathology
An exhaustive differential diagnosis for myxoid lesions
Adapted from Miller with modifications:[2]
See also
References
- ↑ Layfield, LJ. (May 2003). "Cytologic differential diagnosis of myxoid and mucinous neoplasms of the sacrum and parasacral soft tissues.". Diagn Cytopathol 28 (5): 264-71. doi:10.1002/dc.10281. PMID 12722122.
- ↑ Miller RT. (Sep 2013). Atlantic Diagnostic Immunohistochemistry Symposium. St. John's, NL, Canada.