Myopericytoma
Myopericytoma, also glomangiopericytoma, is a rare perivascular soft tissue tumour.
General
- Usu. benign.
- Typically in the distal extremities.[1]
Microscopic
Features:
- Abundant, branching thin-walled blood vessels.
- Small bland epithelioid cells with moderate eosinophilic cytoplasm.
- Unequally spaced cells (unlike glomus tumour).
Notes:
- Features overlap with myofibroma.[2]
Images:
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.
- ↑ 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/.