Fibroblastic/myofibroblastic tumours
This article covers fibroblastic/myofibroblastic tumours. These tumours fit into the larger category of soft tissue lesions.
List of tumours
Benign
WHO classification:[1]
- Nodular fasciitis.
- Proliferative fasciitis.
- Proliferative myositis.
- Myositis ossificans.
- Ischemic fasciitis.
- Elastofibroma.
- Myofibroma.
- Fibromatosis colli.
- Inclusion body fibromatosis.
- Fibroma of tendon sheath.
- Calcifying aponeurotic fibroma.
- Angiomyofibroblastoma.
- Cellular angiofibroma.
- Nuchal-type fibroma.
- Gardner fibroma.
- Calcifying fibrous tumour.
- Giant cell angiofibroma.
- Fibrous hamartoma of infancy.
- Juvenile hyaline fibromatosis.
- Desmoplastic fibroblastoma.
- Mammary-type myofibroblastoma.
Locally aggressive
WHO classification:[1]
- Superfical fibromatosis.
- Desmoid-type fibromatosis.
- Lipofibromatosis.
Occasionally metastasizing
WHO classification:[2]
- Solitary fibrous tumour.
- Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour.
- Low-grade myofibroblastic sarcoma.
- Myxoinflammatory fibroblastic sarcoma.
- Infantile fibrosarcoma.
Malignant
WHO classification:[2]
- Adult fibrosarcoma.
- Myxofibrosarcoma.
- Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma (hyalinizing spindle cell tumour).
- Sclerosing epithelioid fibrosarcoma.
Non-malignant
Proliferative fasciitis
General
- Benign.
- May mimic a sarcoma.[3]
Clinical:
- Solid subcutaneous nodule.
- Rapid growth.
- May be painful.
Gross
- Classically upper and lower extremities.[3]
- Poorly demarcated.
Microscopic
Features:[4]
- Large polygonal (ganglion-like) and/or spindled cells with:
- Vesicular (clear) nuclei.
- Prominent nucleoli.
- +/-Binucleation.
- Loose myxoid stroma.
- Frequent typical mitoses.
- No atypical mitoses.
DDx:
Images:
- Proliferative fasciitis - several images (virginia.edu).
- Proliferative fasciitis (surgicalpathologyatlas.com).
Proliferative myositis
General
- Benign.
- Possible arise from pericytes.[6]
Microscopic
- Large ganglion-like cells.
- Cells have single prominent nucleolus.
- Spindle cells.
- +/-Binucleation.
- Mitotic activity.
- No atypical mitoses.
Image:
IHC
Features:[6]
- Vimentin +ve.
- SMA +ve.
- Desmin +ve/-ve.
Others:[6]
- Factor XIIIa -ve.
- S100 -ve.
- CAM5.2 -ve.
- NSE -ve.
Elastofibroma
General
Gross
Features:
- Yellow-white, moderate demarcation to surrounding tissue.[10]
DDx - shoulder lesions:
Microscopic
Features:
- Thick bundles of collagen.
- Elastin fibres.
Image:
Nodular fasciitis
Desmoid-type fibromatosis
Lipofibromatosis
- AKA infantile subcutaneous fibromatosis.
General
- Childhood.
Microscopic
Features:[11]
- Fibroblastic cells surrounding adipocytes.
Image:
IHC
Features:[11]
- CD34 +ve.
- BCL2 +ve.
- S100 +ve.
- CD99 +ve.
- Actin +ve.
- EMA +ve.
Desmoplastic fibroblastoma
- AKA collagenous fibroma.[12]
- Not to be confused with desmoplastic fibroma.
General
- Benign lesion.
Epidemiology:
Gross
- Classically found in the shoulder region.
DDx - shoulder region:
Microscopic
- Spindle cells or stellate cells without nuclear atypia.
- Acellular stroma with abundant collagen - key feature.
- +/-Myxoid areas.
- +/-Rare mitoses.
DDx:[14]
Images:
IHC
Features:[14]
- Beta-catenin -ve.[16]
- +ve in desmoid-type fibromatosis.
- Desmin -ve.
- S-100 -ve.
- CD34 -ve.
- MSA +ve (focal).
- alpha-SMA +ve (focal).
Molecular
- llq12 breakpoint described as being characteristic -- possibly the FOSL1 gene.[17]
Calcifying fibrous tumour
General
- Rare.
- Benign.
Microscopic
Features:[18]
- Submucosal circumscribed fibrocollagenous nodule.
- Psammomatous calcifications.
- Focal plasma cells at the periphery.
Myofibroma
Cellular angiofibroma
General
- Rare.
- Benign.
- Probably related to spindle cell lipoma and mammary-type myofibroblastoma.[19]
- Predominantly female.
Gross
Features:[19]
- Superficial.
- Well-circumscribed.
Classic location:
- Vulva.[19]
Microscopic
Features:[19]
- Spindle cell lesion.
- Many small-to-medium blood vessls.
IHC
Features:[19]
- CD34 ~50% of cases.
- SMA ~41% of cases.
- CD99 -ve.
- EMA -ve.
Occasionally metastasizing
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour
- AKA inflammatory pseudotumour, AKA inflammatory fibrosarcoma,[20] AKA plasma cell granuloma.[21][22]
Low-grade myofibroblastic sarcoma
General
- Rare ~ 100 cases in the literature.
- Usu. oral cavity or extremities.[23]
Microscopic
Features:
- Spindle cells in the storiform pattern[23] or in fasicles.
- Rare mitoses.
Images:
DDx:
- Atypical leiomyoma.
- GIST.
- Leiomyosarcoma.
IHC
Congenital-infantile fibrosarcoma
- Should not be confused with adult fibrosarcoma.
General
- Locally aggressive.
Microscopic
Features:[24]
- Spindle cell lesion.
Molecular
Characteristic translocation:[25]
- t(12;15)(p13;q25).
- Gene fusion ETV6-NTRK3.
- Same translocation in mesoblastic nephroma.
- Gene fusion ETV6-NTRK3.
Solitary fibrous tumour
Hemangiopericytoma
General
- Grouped with solitary fibrous tumour in the WHO classification; possibly the same tumour (?).[11]
- Arises from the pericyte, a connective tissue cell of small vessels that is thought to be involved in flow regulation.
- Hematologic spread most common - to lungs.[26]
- Oncogenic osteomalacia - assoc. with hemangiopericytoma.[26]
Presentation
- Usually painless mass, slow enlargement.
Radiology
- Intramedullary lytic mass.
- May be well-circumscribed.
- +/-Periosteal reaction.
- +/-Sclerotic border.
May be worked-up with angiography to distinguish from a vascular malformation.[27]
Location
- Usually extremities - femur or proximal tibial.[26]
Microscopic
Features:[27]
- Hypervascular lesion - key diagnostic feature.[28]
- Abundant thin-walled branching small vessels of variable size.
- May be described as "staghorn vessels" or "antler-like" vasculature.
- Cells may "onion-skin" around thin blood vessels.
- Abundant thin-walled branching small vessels of variable size.
- Spindle or ovoid shaped cells in nests or sheets.
DDx:
- Other vascular tumours.
- Vascular malformations.
- Synovial sarcoma.
- Dermatofibroma. (???)
IHC
- Vimentin +ve (usually).
- Desmin -ve (typical).
- Factor VIII -ve (marks endothelium).
- CD34 +ve.
- CD34 usu. -ve in synovial sarcoma.
- CD31 -ve (marks benign endothelium).
- vWF (von Willebrand factor) -ve.
May be in the DDx for meningioma:[29]
- EMA -ve.
- S100 -ve.
Malignant
Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma
- AKA hyalinizing spindle cell tumour.
- Should not be confused with myxofibrosarcoma.
- Abbreviated LGFMS.
General
- Deep soft tissue.
- Related to hyalinizing spindle cell tumour with giant collagen rosettes.[30]
Microscopic
Features:[31]
- Myxoid stroma alternating with fibrogenic areas - key feature.
- Low cellularity.
- Spindle cells.
- +/-Rosette of collagen with central hyaline core.[32]
Notes:
- Few/absent mitoses.
DDx:
Images:
- www:
- WC:
IHC
Features:[32]
- EMA +ve.
- CD99 +ve.
- BCL2 +ve.
Others:[32]
- SMA -ve.
- S100 -ve.
- Desmin -ve.
Molecular pathology
Adult fibrosarcoma
- AKA fibrosarcoma.
- Should not be confused with infantile fibrosarcoma.
General
- Malignant.
- Older adults.
- Locations: head & neck, extremities.
Microscopic
Feature:[32]
- Spindle cell lesion.
- Herring bone pattern - key feature.
- Mitoses.
DDx (herring bone):
- MPNST.
- Synovial sarcoma.
- Fibrosarcoma.
DDx:
- Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) - t(17;22) COLA1/PDGFB.
- Congenital-infantile fibrosarcoma - t(12;15) ETV6/NTRK3.
- Solitary fibrous tumour.
- Synovial sarcoma - t(X;18) SYT/SSX.
- MPNST.
Images:
IHC
Features:[32]
- Vimentin.
- SMA.
Myxofibrosarcoma
- Should not be confused with low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma.[34]
- AKA myxoid malignant fibrous histiocytoma or myxoid MFH.[35]
General
- Malignant.
- Usually older people, superficial (skin/dermis) and extremities (arm, legs).[36][37]
- Prognosis better than pleomorphic undifferentiated sarcoma.
- Metastatic potential inversely related to component/portion that is myxoid.[38]
Microscopic
Features:[36]
- Discontinuous fibrous septae.
- Myxoid background.
- Variable cellularity and nuclear pleomorphism.
- Spindle cells or epithelioid cells.[37]
- Curvilinear vessels.[37]
DDx:
- Myxoid liposarcoma.
- Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma - alternating fibrous and myxoid areas.[34]
- Myxoma.
Image:
IHC
- Vimentin +ve -- otherwise non-distinctive.[36]
See also
References
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