Perineurioma
Perineurioma is an uncommon benign peripheral nerve sheath tumour.
General
- Benign tumour derived from perineurial cells (intraneural or soft tissue).
- ICD-O 9571/0
- WHO grade I
- Rarely malignant soft tissue perineurioma.
Variant:
- Reticular perineurioma.[1]
Macroscopy
- Intraneural perineurioma: segmental tubular enlargement of the nerve.
- Soft tissue perineurioma: Well circumscribed, but not encapsulated.
Microscopic
Features:[2]
- Perineural epithelioid cells.
- Abundant pale, fluffy appearing cytoplasm.
Note:
- May be intraneural.[2]
- Typical pseudo-onion bulbs.
- Long considered hypertrophic neuropathy.
- Rare (less than 1% of all nerve sheath tumours).
DDx:
- Neuroma.
- Neurofibroma.
- Schwannoma.
- S100 +ve, EMA -ve.[2]
- Liposarcoma - reticular perineurioma.
Images:
Pseudo-onion bulbs in a intraneural perineurioma (WC/jensflorian)
IHC
- S100 -ve.
- EMA +ve.
- CD34 ~65% +ve.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ Graadt van Roggen, JF.; McMenamin, ME.; Belchis, DA.; Nielsen, GP.; Rosenberg, AE.; Fletcher, CD. (Apr 2001). "Reticular perineurioma: a distinctive variant of soft tissue perineurioma.". Am J Surg Pathol 25 (4): 485-93. PMID 11257623.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Mills, Stacey E; Carter, Darryl; Greenson, Joel K; Reuter, Victor E; Stoler, Mark H (2009). Sternberg's Diagnostic Surgical Pathology (5th ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 424. ISBN 978-0781779425.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hornick, JL.; Fletcher, CD. (Jul 2005). "Soft tissue perineurioma: clinicopathologic analysis of 81 cases including those with atypical histologic features.". Am J Surg Pathol 29 (7): 845-58. PMID 15958848.
- ↑ Tsang, WY.; Chan, JK.; Chow, LT.; Tse, CC. (Aug 1992). "Perineurioma: an uncommon soft tissue neoplasm distinct from localized hypertrophic neuropathy and neurofibroma.". Am J Surg Pathol 16 (8): 756-63. PMID 1497116.