Case 106

Provided clinical history

53 year old female with lumbar back pain

Site

Lumbar spine

Primary image

Low magnification. H&E stain.

Expand Intermediate magnification
Intermediate magnification. H&E stain.

Expand High magnification
High magnification. H&E stain.

Differential diagnosis

Expand Differential diagnosis
Sarcoma, Cellular schwannoma, Leiomyoma, Meningioma, Hemangiopericytoma, Melanoma

Additional tests

More history

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The tumor is attached to the dura and has infiltrated the bone. It was bleeding intensely during resection.

Ask a colleague

Expand Ask a colleague
Looks like a staghorn type vessel to me.

Stains

ExpandAlcian blue/PAS to Bilirubin Test Result Alcian blue/PAS Expand Dr White would ask why! Alican blue pH 1.0 Expand Dr White would ask why! Alcian blue pH 2.5 Expand Dr White would ask why! Auramine Expand Dr White would ask why! Bielchowsky Expand Dr White would ask why! Bilirubin Expand Dr White would ask why!	ExpandColloidal iron to Fontana-Masson Test Result Colloidal iron Expand Dr White would ask why! Congo red Expand Dr White would ask why! Cresyl violet Expand Dr White would ask why! Dieterle Expand Dr White would ask why! Diff Quik Expand Dr White would ask why! Fontana-Masson Expand Dr White would ask why!	ExpandGallyas to Gremelius Test Result Gallyas Expand Dr White would ask why! Giemsa Expand Dr White would ask why! GMS Expand Dr White would ask why! Gomori's trichrome Expand Dr White would ask why! Gram Expand Dr White would ask why! Gremelius Expand Dr White would ask why!	ExpandJMS to Mucicarmine Test Result JMS Expand Dr White would ask why! Jones Expand Dr White would ask why! Kinyoun Expand Dr White would ask why! Luxol fast blue Expand Dr White would ask why! Masson trichrome Expand Dr White would ask why! M-MAS Expand Dr White would ask why! Movat Expand Dr White would ask why! Mucicarmine Expand Dr White would ask why!	ExpandOil red O to Prussian blue Test Result Oil red O Expand Dr White would ask why! Orecein Expand Dr White would ask why! PAS Expand Dr White would ask why! PASD Expand Dr White would ask why! PASF Expand Dr White would ask why! PTAH Expand Dr White would ask why! Prussian blue Expand Dr White would ask why!	ExpandReticulin to Ziehl-Neelsen Test Result Reticulin Expand POSITIVE Sudan black B Expand Dr White would ask why! Toluidine blue Expand Dr White would ask why! Verhoeff Expand Dr White would ask why! Von Kossa Expand Dr White would ask why! Warthin-Starry Expand Dr White would ask why! Ziehl-Neeslen Expand Dr White would ask why!

IHC

ExpandAlpha-1 AT to Cathepsin K Test Result alpha-1 AT Expand Dr White would ask why! ACTH Expand Dr White would ask why! AE1/AE1 Expand NEGATIVE alpha-fetoprotein Expand Dr White would ask why! Alk-I Expand Dr White would ask why! AMACR Expand Dr White would ask why! AR Expand Dr White would ask why! ATRX Expand Dr White would ask why! Beta2-microglobulin Expand Dr White would ask why! B72.3 Expand Dr White would ask why! Beta-catenin Expand Dr White would ask why! BCL2 Expand Dr White would ask why! BCL6 Expand Dr White would ask why! BCLxL Expand Dr White would ask why! C3 comp Expand Dr White would ask why! CA9 Expand Dr White would ask why! Calcitonin Expand Dr White would ask why! Calponin Expand Dr White would ask why! Calretinin Expand Dr White would ask why! CAM5.2 Expand Dr White would ask why! Cathepsin K Expand Dr White would ask why!	ExpandCD10 to Chromogranin Test Result CD10 Expand Dr White would ask why! CD117 Expand Dr White would ask why! CD138 Expand Dr White would ask why! CD15 Expand Dr White would ask why! CD1a Expand Dr White would ask why! CD20 Expand Dr White would ask why! CD21 Expand Dr White would ask why! CD23 Expand Dr White would ask why! CD3 Expand Dr White would ask why! CD30 Expand Dr White would ask why! CD31 Expand NEGATIVE CD34 Expand POSITIVE CD35 Expand Dr White would ask why! CD4 Expand Dr White would ask why! CD43 Expand Dr White would ask why! CD45 (LCA) Expand Dr White would ask why! CD5 Expand Dr White would ask why! CD56 Expand Dr White would ask why! CD57 Expand Dr White would ask why! CD68 Expand Dr White would ask why! CD7 Expand Dr White would ask why! CD79a Expand Dr White would ask why! CD8 Expand Dr White would ask why! CD99 Expand Dr White would ask why! CDX2 Expand Dr White would ask why! CEA-m Expand Dr White would ask why! Chromogranin Expand Dr White would ask why!	ExpandCK17 to Glypican 3 Test Result CK17 Expand Dr White would ask why! CK19 Expand Dr White would ask why! CK20 Expand Dr White would ask why! CK34betaE12 Expand Dr White would ask why! CK5/6 Expand Dr White would ask why! CK7 Expand Dr White would ask why! CMV Expand Dr White would ask why! c-MYC Expand Dr White would ask why! Cyclin D1 Expand Dr White would ask why! D2-40 Expand Dr White would ask why! Desmin Expand Dr White would ask why! DOG1 Expand Dr White would ask why! EBV Expand Dr White would ask why! EMA Expand NEGATIVE ER and PR Expand Dr White would ask why! Factor VIII Expand Dr White would ask why! Factor XIIIa Expand Dr White would ask why! Fascin Expand Dr White would ask why! FH Expand Dr White would ask why! FSH Expand Dr White would ask why! Gastrin Expand Dr White would ask why! GATA3 Expand Dr White would ask why! GCDFP-15 (BRST2) Expand Dr White would ask why! GFAP Expand Dr White would ask why! GH Expand Dr White would ask why! Glucagon Expand Dr White would ask why! Glypican-3 Expand Dr White would ask why!	ExpandHBME-1 to IgM Test Result HBME-1 Expand Dr White would ask why! HBV core Expand Dr White would ask why! HBV surface Expand Dr White would ask why! H-caldesmon Expand Dr White would ask why! HCG Expand Dr White would ask why! Helicobacter Expand Dr White would ask why! Hepatocyte Expand Dr White would ask why! HER2/neu Expand Dr White would ask why! HHV-8 Expand Dr White would ask why! HMB-45 Expand Dr White would ask why! HNF1beta Expand Dr White would ask why! HPV Expand Dr White would ask why! HSV-I Expand Dr White would ask why! HSV-II Expand Dr White would ask why! IDH-1 Expand Dr White would ask why! Inhibin Expand Dr White would ask why! INI1 (BAF47) Expand Dr White would ask why! Insulin Expand Dr White would ask why! Kappa Expand Dr White would ask why! Ki-67 Expand 35% Lambda Expand Dr White would ask why! Leu 7 Expand Dr White would ask why! IgA Expand Dr White would ask why! IgG Expand Dr White would ask why! IgM Expand Dr White would ask why!	ExpandLH to PDGFR Test Result LH Expand Dr White would ask why! LIN28 Expand Dr White would ask why! Lysozyme Expand Dr White would ask why! mammoglobin Expand Dr White would ask why! MAP2 Expand Dr White would ask why! MCV Expand Dr White would ask why! Melanin A Expand Dr White would ask why! MHC class I Expand Dr White would ask why! MITF Expand Dr White would ask why! MUM1 Expand Dr White would ask why! Myeloperoxidase Expand Dr White would ask why! MYO D1 Expand Dr White would ask why! Myoglobin Expand NEGATIVE Napsin Expand Dr White would ask why! NF Expand Dr White would ask why! NKX3.1 Expand Dr White would ask why! NSE Expand Dr White would ask why! OCT3/4 Expand Dr White would ask why! p16 Expand Dr White would ask why! P501S Expand Dr White would ask why! p53 Expand Dr White would ask why! p57 Expand Dr White would ask why! p63 Expand Dr White would ask why! Pankeratin Expand NEGATIVE PAX2 Expand Dr White would ask why! PAX5 Expand Dr White would ask why! PAX8 Expand Dr White would ask why! PCNA Expand Dr White would ask why! PDGFR Expand Dr White would ask why!	ExpandPLAP to WT1 Test Result PLAP Expand Dr White would ask why! PNL-2C Expand Dr White would ask why! Prolactin Expand Dr White would ask why! PSA Expand Dr White would ask why! PSAP Expand Dr White would ask why! RCC Expand Dr White would ask why! S-100 Expand NEGATIVE SALL4 Expand Dr White would ask why! Smooth muscle actin Expand NEGATIVE Somatostatin Expand Dr White would ask why! STAT6 Expand Synaptophysin Expand Dr White would ask why! TdT Expand Dr White would ask why! TFE3 Expand Dr White would ask why! TFEB Expand Dr White would ask why! Thyroglobulin Expand Dr White would ask why! Toxoplasma Expand Dr White would ask why! TSH Expand Dr White would ask why! TTF-1 Expand Dr White would ask why! Ubiquitin Expand Dr White would ask why! UCHL1 (PGP9.5) Expand Dr White would ask why! Ulex Europaeus Expand Dr White would ask why! Vimentin Expand Dr White would ask why! VIP Expand Dr White would ask why! VZV Expand Dr White would ask why! WT-1 Expand Dr White would ask why!

Molecular testing

Chromosomal translocations

ExpandTranslocations Chr 1-10 Test Result t(1;13) PAX7-FKHR Expand Dr White would ask why! t(2,13) PAX3-FKHR Expand Dr White would ask why! t(8;14) MYC-IGH Expand Dr White would ask why! t(9;22) BCR-ABL Expand Dr White would ask why! t(9;22) CHN-EWS Expand Dr White would ask why!	ExpandTranslocations Chr 11-13 Test Result t(11;14) CCND1-IGH Expand Dr White would ask why! t(11;22) EWS-WT1 Expand Dr White would ask why! t(11;22) FLI1-EWS Expand Dr White would ask why! t(12;15) ETV6-NTRK3 Expand Dr White would ask why! t(12;16) FUS-ATF1 Expand Dr White would ask why! t(12;16) CHOP-TLS Expand Dr White would ask why! t(12;22) EWS-ATF1 Expand Dr White would ask why!	ExpandTranslocations Chr 14-22 Test Result t(14,18) IGH-BCL2 Expand Dr White would ask why! t(15;17) PML-RARA Expand Dr White would ask why! t(16;21) FUS-ERG Expand Dr White would ask why! t(17;22) COLA1-PDGFB Expand Dr White would ask why! t(21;22) EWS-ERG Expand Dr White would ask why!	ExpandTranslocations Chr X & Y Test Result t(X;1) PRCC-TFE3 Expand Dr White would ask why! t(X;17) TFE3-ASPL Expand Dr White would ask why! t(X;18) SYT-SSX Expand Dr White would ask why!

Other molecular tests

ExpandMolecular tests (A-B) Test Result ALK sequencing Expand Dr White would ask why! B cell clonality Southern / PCR Expand Dr White would ask why! BCL2 PCR Expand Dr White would ask why! BRAF sequencing Expand Dr White would ask why!	ExpandMolecular tests (C-H) Test Result EBV PCR Expand Dr White would ask why! EGRF sequencing Expand Dr White would ask why! H3F3A sequencing Expand Dr White would ask why! HHV-8 PCR Expand Dr White would ask why!	ExpandMolecular tests (I-J) Test Result Identity testing PCR Expand Dr White would ask why! IDH1/2 PCR Expand Dr White would ask why! JAK2 V617F ARMS Expand Dr White would ask why!	ExpandMolecular tests (K-Z) Test Result KIT sequencing Expand Dr White would ask why! LOH 1p/19q PCR Expand Dr White would ask why! T cell clonality Southern / PCR Expand Dr White would ask why!

Diagnosis

Expand Diagnosis
Anaplastic hemangiopericytoma / Solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) WHO grade III