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#redirect [[Fibroblastic/myofibroblastic tumours#Low-grade_fibromyxoid_sarcoma]]
'''Low-grade_fibromyxoid_sarcoma''', abbreviated '''LGFMS''', is an uncommon [[malignant]] [[Fibroblastic/myofibroblastic tumours|fibroblastic/myofibroblastic tumour]].
 
It is also known as '''hyalinizing spindle cell tumour'''. It should '''not''' be confused with ''[[myxofibrosarcoma]]''.
 
==General==
*Deep soft tissue.
*Related to ''hyalinizing spindle cell tumour with giant collagen rosettes''.<ref name=pmid20864787>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Ramaswamy | first1 = AS. | last2 = Chatura | first2 = KR. | title = Hyalinizing spindle cell tumor with giant rosettes. | journal = Ann Saudi Med | volume = 31 | issue = 1 | pages = 83-6 | month =  | year =  | doi =  | PMID = 20864787 | PMC = 3101732 }}</ref>
 
==Microscopic==
Features:<ref>{{cite journal |author=Vernon SE, Bejarano PA |title=Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma: a brief review |journal=Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med. |volume=130 |issue=9 |pages=1358–60 |year=2006 |month=September |pmid=16948525 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
*[[Myxoid stroma]] alternating with fibrogenic areas - '''key feature'''.
*Low cellularity.
*Spindle cells.
*+/-Rosette of collagen with central hyaline core.<ref name=Ref_WMSP611>{{Ref WMSP|611}}</ref>
 
Notes:
*Few/absent mitoses.
 
DDx:
*[[Leiomyoma]].
*[[Myxoid liposarcoma]].
*[[Desmoplastic fibroblastoma]].
*[[Intramuscular myxoma]].
 
===Images===
<gallery>
Image:Low-grade_fibromyxoid_sarcoma_-_low_mag.jpg | LGFMS - low mag. (WC)
Image:Low-grade_fibromyxoid_sarcoma_-_intermed_mag.jpg | LGFMS - intermed. mag. (WC)
Image:Low-grade_fibromyxoid_sarcoma_-2-_high_mag.jpg | LGFMS - high mag. (WC)
</gallery>
www:
*[http://www.springerimages.com/Images/MedicineAndPublicHealth/1-10.1007_s00428-009-0776-0-7 LGFMS (springerimages.com)].
*[http://www.uscap.org/site~/iap2006/slides18-2v.htm LGFMS (uscap.org)].
 
==IHC==
Features:<ref name=Ref_WMSP611>{{Ref WMSP|611}}</ref>
*EMA +ve.
*CD99 +ve.
*BCL2 +ve.
 
Others:<ref name=Ref_WMSP611>{{Ref WMSP|611}}</ref>
*SMA -ve.
*S100 -ve.
*Desmin -ve.
 
==Molecular pathology==
*t(7;16)(q33;p11).<ref>{{cite journal |author=Panagopoulos I, Storlazzi CT, Fletcher CD, ''et al.'' |title=The chimeric FUS/CREB3l2 gene is specific for low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma |journal=Genes Chromosomes Cancer |volume=40 |issue=3 |pages=218–28 |year=2004 |month=July |pmid=15139001 |doi=10.1002/gcc.20037 |url=}}</ref>
*t(11;16).<ref name=Ref_WMSP611>{{Ref WMSP|611}}</ref>
 
==See also==
*[[Fibroblastic/myofibroblastic tumours]].
 
==References==
{{Reflist|2}}


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