Difference between revisions of "Fibroblastic/myofibroblastic tumours"

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===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:
Features - benign:
*Spindle cells in a patternless pattern.
*Spindle cells in a patternless pattern.
*Hemangiopericytoma-like area ([[staghorn vessels]]).
*Hemangiopericytoma-like area ([[staghorn vessels]]).
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*Usually well-circumscribed.
*Usually well-circumscribed.


Criteria for malignancy:<ref>{{Ref WMSP|609}}</ref>
Criteria for malignancy:<ref name=Ref_WMSP609>{{Ref WMSP|609}}</ref>
*Necrosis.
*Necrosis.
*Mitoses >4/10 HPF (definition suffers from [[HPFitis]]).
*Mitoses >4/10 HPF -- definition suffers from [[HPFitis]].
*Increased cellularity.
*Increased cellularity.
*Marked nuclear atypia.
*Marked nuclear atypia.
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Images:
Images:
*[[WC]]:
*[[WC]]:
**[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solitary_fibrous_tumour_low_mag.jpg SFT - low mag. (WC)].
**[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solitary_fibrous_tumour_low_mag.jpg Benign SFT - low mag. (WC)].
**[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solitary_fibrous_tumour_intermed_mag.jpg SFT - intermed. mag. (WC)].
**[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solitary_fibrous_tumour_intermed_mag.jpg Benign SFT - intermed. mag. (WC)].
**[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solitary_fibrous_tumour_high_mag.jpg SFT - high mag. (WC)].
**[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solitary_fibrous_tumour_high_mag.jpg Benign SFT - high mag. (WC)].
*www:
*www:
**[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case272.html SFT of the brain - several images (upmc.edu)].
**[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case272.html SFT of the brain - several images (upmc.edu)].
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