Myopericytoma
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Myopericytoma, also glomangiopericytoma, is a rare perivascular soft tissue tumour.
General
- Usu. benign.
- Typically in the distal extremities.[1]
Microscopic
Features:[2]
- Abundant, branching thin-walled blood vessels.
- Fasicular pattern - may be subtle.
- Cellular lesion:
- Small bland unequally spaced epithelioid/spindle cells.
- Moderate eosinophilic cytoplasm.
Notes:
- Features overlap with myofibroma.[3]
DDx:
Images:
IHC
- Some muscle markers +ve.
- CD34 -ve.
References
- ↑ Zidane A, Arsalane A, Harkat A, et al. (November 2010). "[Myopericytoma: an uncommon chest wall tumor]" (in French). Rev Mal Respir 27 (9): 1089–91. doi:10.1016/j.rmr.2010.09.017. PMID 21111282.
- ↑ Edgecombe A, Peterson RA, Shamji FM, Commons S, Sekhon H, Gomes MM (April 2011). "Myopericytoma: a pleural-based spindle cell neoplasm off the beaten path". Int. J. Surg. Pathol. 19 (2): 247–51. doi:10.1177/1066896910381897. PMID 21474507.
- ↑ Dray MS, McCarthy SW, Palmer AA, et al. (January 2006). "Myopericytoma: a unifying term for a spectrum of tumours that show overlapping features with myofibroma. A review of 14 cases". J. Clin. Pathol. 59 (1): 67–73. doi:10.1136/jcp.2005.028704. PMC 1860256. PMID 16394283. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1860256/.