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**[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Staghorn_coral.jpg Staghorn coral (WC)]. | **[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Staghorn_coral.jpg Staghorn coral (WC)]. | ||
**[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Staghorn_Fungus_in_Millington_Wood_-_geograph.org.uk_-_638148.jpg Staghorn fungus (WC)]. | **[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Staghorn_Fungus_in_Millington_Wood_-_geograph.org.uk_-_638148.jpg Staghorn fungus (WC)]. | ||
**[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PSM_V09_D778_Deer_antler_dimensions_1.jpg Antlers (WC)]. | |||
==Differential diagnosis== | ==Differential diagnosis== | ||
Revision as of 14:41, 8 October 2011
Staghorn vessels are a non-specific finding seen in a number of tumours.[1]
Microscopic
Features:
- Small branching vessels:
- "Antler-like" or "staghorn-like" appearance.
Images:
- Micrographs:
- Gross:
Differential diagnosis
Entities in which staghorn vessels are seen:
- Solitary fibrous tumour/hemangiopericytoma.[1]
- Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour (MPNST).[1]
- Synovial sarcoma.[1]
- Myofibroma.[1]
Others:[1]
- Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma.
- Infantile fibrosarcoma.
- Pleomorphic undifferentiated sarcoma.
- Leiomyosarcoma.
- Endometrial stromal sarcoma.
- Malignant mesothelioma.
- Thymoma
- Sarcomatoid carcinoma.
- Malignant melanoma.