Pneumocytoma

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Pneumocytoma is a rare lung tumour that is typically benign. It is also known as benign sclerosing pneumocytoma.[1]

It was previously known as sclerosing hemangioma.

General

  • Derived from type 2 pneumocyte.[2]
  • Progesterone-receptor positive stromal cells.[3]

Epidemiology

  • Female in 40s.[4]
  • Considered benign; excision is curative.

Gross

  • Peripheral, solitary.
  • Well-circumscribed.

Microscopic

Features:[4]

  • Mixed cell population.
  • Variable architecture:
    • Papillary.
    • Sclerotic.
    • Solid.
    • Hemorrhagic.
  • +/-Granulomas.

DDx:[5]

Images

IHC

Features:[6]

  • EMA +ve.
  • PR +ve.[3]

Negative stains:[6]

  • SMA -ve.
  • CEA -ve.
  • CD34 -ve.
  • S100 -ve.
  • Chromogranin A -ve.

Others:[2]

  • TTF-1 +ve.
  • HNF-3 alpha +ve.
  • HNF-3 beta +ve.

See also

References

  1. Chan, KW.; Gibbs, AR.; Lo, WS.; Newman, GR. (Jun 1982). "Benign sclerosing pneumocytoma of lung (sclerosing haemangioma).". Thorax 37 (6): 404-12. PMID 6291188.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Yamazaki, K. (Jul 2004). "Type-II pneumocyte differentiation in pulmonary sclerosing hemangioma: ultrastructural differentiation and immunohistochemical distribution of lineage-specific transcription factors (TTF-1, HNF-3 alpha, and HNF-3 beta) and surfactant proteins.". Virchows Arch 445 (1): 45-53. doi:10.1007/s00428-004-1023-3. PMID 15138814.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Einsfelder, BM.; Müller, KM. (Sep 2005). "["Pneumocytoma" or "sclerosing hemangioma": histogenetic aspects of a rare tumor of the lung]". Pathologe 26 (5): 367-77. doi:10.1007/s00292-005-0751-8. PMID 15731902.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Keylock, JB.; Galvin, JR.; Franks, TJ. (May 2009). "Sclerosing hemangioma of the lung.". Arch Pathol Lab Med 133 (5): 820-5. PMID 19415961.
  5. URL: http://www.med.muni.cz/biomedjournal/pdf/2004/01/37_42.pdf. Accessed on: 17 June 2010.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Rodriguez-Soto, J.; Colby, TV.; Rouse, RV. (Mar 2000). "A critical examination of the immunophenotype of pulmonary sclerosing hemangioma.". Am J Surg Pathol 24 (3): 442-50. PMID 10716159.