Fibroblastic/myofibroblastic tumours
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This article covers fibroblastic/myofibroblastic tumours. These tumours fit into the larger category of soft tissue lesions.
List of tumours
Benign
WHO classification:[1]
- Nodular fasciitis.
- Proliferative fasciitis.
- Proliferative myositis.
- Myositis ossificans.
- Ischemic fasciitis.
- Elastofibroma.
- Myofibroma.
- Fibromatosis colli.
- Inclusion body fibromatosis.
- Fibroma of tendon sheath.
- Calcifying aponeurotic fibroma.
- Angiomyofibroblastoma.
- Cellular angiofibroma.
- Nuchal-type fibroma.
- Gardner fibroma.
- Calcifying fibrous tumour.
- Giant cell angiofibroma.
- Fibrous hamartoma of infancy.
- Juvenile hyaline fibromatosis.
- Desmoplastic fibroblastoma.
- Mammary-type myofibroblastoma.
Locally aggressive
WHO classification:[1]
- Superfical fibromatosis.
- Desmoid-type fibromatosis.
- Lipofibromatosis.
Occasionally metastasizing
WHO classification:[2]
- Solitary fibrous tumour.
- Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour.
- Low-grade myofibroblastic sarcoma.
- Myxoinflammatory fibroblastic sarcoma.
- Infantile fibrosarcoma.
Malignant
WHO classification:[2]
- Adult fibrosarcoma.
- Myxofibrosarcoma.
- Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma (hyalinizing spindle cell tumour).
- Sclerosing epithelioid fibrosarcoma.
Non-malignant
Proliferative fasciitis
General
- Benign.
- May mimic a sarcoma.[3]
Clinical:
- Solid subcutaneous nodule.
- Rapid growth.
- May be painful.
Gross
- Classically upper and lower extremities.[3]
- Poorly demarcated.
Microscopic
Features:[4]
- Large polygonal (ganglion-like) and/or spindled cells with:
- Vesicular (clear) nuclei.
- Prominent nucleoli.
- +/-Binucleation.
- Loose myxoid stroma.
- Frequent typical mitoses.
- No atypical mitoses.
DDx:
Images:
- Proliferative fasciitis - several images (virginia.edu).
- Proliferative fasciitis (surgicalpathologyatlas.com).
Proliferative myositis
General
- Benign.
- Possible arise from pericytes.[6]
Microscopic
- Large ganglion-like cells.
- Cells have single prominent nucleolus.
- Spindle cells.
- +/-Binucleation.
- Mitotic activity.
- No atypical mitoses.
Image:
IHC
Features:[6]
- Vimentin +ve.
- SMA +ve.
- Desmin +ve/-ve.
Others:[6]
- Factor XIIIa -ve.
- S100 -ve.
- CAM5.2 -ve.
- NSE -ve.
Elastofibroma
Main article: Elastofibroma
Nodular fasciitis
Main article: Nodular fasciitis
Desmoid-type fibromatosis
Main article: Desmoid-type fibromatosis
Lipofibromatosis
- AKA infantile subcutaneous fibromatosis.
General
- Childhood.
Microscopic
Features:[8]
- Fibroblastic cells surrounding adipocytes.
Image:
IHC
Features:[8]
- CD34 +ve.
- BCL2 +ve.
- S100 +ve.
- CD99 +ve.
- Actin +ve.
- EMA +ve.
Desmoplastic fibroblastoma
- AKA collagenous fibroma.[9]
- Not to be confused with desmoplastic fibroma.
General
- Benign lesion.
Epidemiology:
Gross
- Classically found in the shoulder region.
DDx - shoulder region:
Microscopic
- Spindle cells or stellate cells without nuclear atypia.
- Acellular stroma with abundant collagen - key feature.
- +/-Myxoid areas.
- +/-Rare mitoses.
DDx:[11]
Images:
IHC
Features:[11]
- Beta-catenin -ve.[13]
- +ve in desmoid-type fibromatosis.
- Desmin -ve.
- S-100 -ve.
- CD34 -ve.
- MSA +ve (focal).
- alpha-SMA +ve (focal).
Molecular
- llq12 breakpoint described as being characteristic -- possibly the FOSL1 gene.[14]
Calcifying fibrous tumour
General
- Rare.
- Benign.
Microscopic
Features:[15]
- Submucosal circumscribed fibrocollagenous nodule.
- Psammomatous calcifications.
- Focal plasma cells at the periphery.
Myofibroma
Main article: Myofibroma
Cellular angiofibroma
General
- Rare.
- Benign.
- Probably related to spindle cell lipoma and mammary-type myofibroblastoma.[16]
- Predominantly female.
Gross
Features:[16]
- Superficial.
- Well-circumscribed.
Classic location:
- Vulva.[16]
Microscopic
Features:[16]
- Spindle cell lesion.
- Many small-to-medium blood vessls.
IHC
Features:[16]
- CD34 ~50% of cases.
- SMA ~41% of cases.
- CD99 -ve.
- EMA -ve.
Occasionally metastasizing
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour
- AKA inflammatory pseudotumour, AKA inflammatory fibrosarcoma,[17] AKA plasma cell granuloma.[18][19]
Main article: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour
Low-grade myofibroblastic sarcoma
General
- Rare ~ 100 cases in the literature.
- Usu. oral cavity or extremities.[20]
Microscopic
Features:
- Spindle cells in the storiform pattern[20] or in fasicles.
- Rare mitoses.
Images:
DDx:
- Atypical leiomyoma.
- GIST.
- Leiomyosarcoma.
IHC
Congenital-infantile fibrosarcoma
- Should not be confused with adult fibrosarcoma.
General
- Locally aggressive.
Microscopic
Features:[21]
- Spindle cell lesion.
Molecular
Characteristic translocation:[22]
- t(12;15)(p13;q25).
- Gene fusion ETV6-NTRK3.
- Same translocation in mesoblastic nephroma.
- Gene fusion ETV6-NTRK3.
Solitary fibrous tumour
Main article: Solitary fibrous tumour
Hemangiopericytoma
General
- Grouped with solitary fibrous tumour in the WHO classification; share same genetic NAB2-STAT6 fusion.[8][23]
- Thought to arise from the pericyte, a connective tissue cell of small vessels that is thought to be involved in flow regulation while others consider a fibroblastic nature.[24]
- Hematologic spread most common - to lungs.[25]
- Oncogenic osteomalacia - assoc. with hemangiopericytoma.[25]
- WHO grade II hemangiopericytoma (ICD-O: 9150/1), WHO grade III anaplastic hemangiopericytoma (ICD-O: 9150/3)
Presentation
- Usually painless mass, slow enlargement.
- May profusely bleed during resection.
- May invade bone.
Histology
- high cellular density.
- indistinct cell borders.
- random tumor cell orientation.
- little fibrosis.
- plenty reticulin.
- vascular with slit-like channels ("staghorn-like vessels").
IHC
- Vimentin +ve.
- CD34 +ve (often patchy, used to differentiate from SFT).
- STAT6 nuclear +ve.
- EMA +/-ve.
Radiology
- Intramedullary lytic mass.
- May be well-circumscribed.
- +/-Periosteal reaction.
- +/-Sclerotic border.
May be worked-up with angiography to distinguish from a vascular malformation.[26]
Location
- Usually extremities - femur or proximal tibial.[25]
Microscopic
Features:[26]
- Hypervascular lesion - key diagnostic feature.[27]
- Abundant thin-walled branching small vessels of variable size.
- May be described as "staghorn vessels" or "antler-like" vasculature.
- Cells may "onion-skin" around thin blood vessels.
- Abundant thin-walled branching small vessels of variable size.
- Spindle or ovoid shaped cells in nests or sheets.
DDx:
- Other vascular tumours.
- Vascular malformations.
- Synovial sarcoma.
- Dermatofibroma. (???)
IHC
- Vimentin +ve (usually).
- Desmin -ve (typical).
- Factor VIII -ve (marks endothelium).
- CD34 +ve.
- CD34 usu. -ve in synovial sarcoma.
- CD31 -ve (marks benign endothelium).
- vWF (von Willebrand factor) -ve.
May be in the DDx for meningioma:[28]
- EMA -ve.
- S100 -ve.
Images
Anaplastic hemangiopericytoma, low mag. (WC/jensflorian)
Anaplastic hemangiopericytoma, intermed mag. (WC/jensflorian)
Anaplastic hemangiopericytoma, high mag. (WC/jensflorian)
Anaplastic hemangiopericytoma, STAT6 immunostaining. (WC/jensflorian)
Malignant
Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma
- AKA hyalinizing spindle cell tumour.
- Should not be confused with myxofibrosarcoma.
- Abbreviated LGFMS.
Main article: Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma
Adult fibrosarcoma
- AKA fibrosarcoma.
- Should not be confused with infantile fibrosarcoma.
General
- Malignant.
- Older adults.
- Locations: head & neck, extremities.
Microscopic
Feature:[29]
- Spindle cell lesion.
- Herring bone pattern - key feature.
- Mitoses.
DDx (herring bone):
- MPNST.
- Synovial sarcoma.
- Fibrosarcoma.
DDx:
- Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) - t(17;22) COLA1/PDGFB.
- Congenital-infantile fibrosarcoma - t(12;15) ETV6/NTRK3.
- Solitary fibrous tumour.
- Synovial sarcoma - t(X;18) SYT/SSX.
- MPNST.
Images:
IHC
Features:[29]
- Vimentin.
- SMA.
Myxofibrosarcoma
- Should not be confused with low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma.[30]
- AKA myxoid malignant fibrous histiocytoma or myxoid MFH.[31]
Main article: Myxofibrosarcoma
See also
References
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- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chung, EB.; Enzinger, FM. (Oct 1975). "Proliferative fasciitis.". Cancer 36 (4): 1450-8. PMID 1058047.
- ↑ Meis, JM.; Enzinger, FM. (Apr 1992). "Proliferative fasciitis and myositis of childhood.". Am J Surg Pathol 16 (4): 364-72. PMID 1566969.
- ↑ Gleason, BC.; Hornick, JL. (Apr 2008). "Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumours: where are we now?". J Clin Pathol 61 (4): 428-37. doi:10.1136/jcp.2007.049387. PMID 17938159.
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- ↑ Watanabe, H.; Ishida, Y.; Nagashima, K.; Makino, T.; Norisugi, O.; Shimizu, T. (Feb 2008). "Desmoplastic fibroblastoma (collagenous fibroma).". J Dermatol 35 (2): 93-7. doi:10.1111/j.1346-8138.2008.00421.x. PMID 18271804.
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- ↑ Macchia, G.; Trombetta, D.; Möller, E.; Mertens, F.; Storlazzi, CT.; Debiec-Rychter, M.; Sciot, R.; Nord, KH. (May 2012). "FOSL1 as a candidate target gene for 11q12 rearrangements in desmoplastic fibroblastoma.". Lab Invest 92 (5): 735-43. doi:10.1038/labinvest.2012.46. PMID 22411068.
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- ↑ URL: http://www.uptodate.com/contents/inflammatory-myofibroblastic-tumor-plasma-cell-granuloma-of-the-lung. Accessed on: 27 November 2011.
- ↑ Manohar, B.; Bhuvaneshwari, S. (Jan 2011). "Plasma cell granuloma of gingiva.". J Indian Soc Periodontol 15 (1): 64-6. doi:10.4103/0972-124X.82275. PMID 21772725.
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