Difference between revisions of "Leiomyosarcoma"

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==Microscopic==
==Microscopic==
Features:
Features:
*Usu. cellular lesion.
*Usually a cellular lesion.
*Fasciclar arrangement:  
*Fasciclar arrangement:  
**Whorled look at low power.
**Whorled look at low power.
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*#*>=2 mitoses/HPF - if [[myxoid]].<ref name=Ref_GP281>{{Ref GP|281}}</ref>
*#*>=2 mitoses/HPF - if [[myxoid]].<ref name=Ref_GP281>{{Ref GP|281}}</ref>
*#*>=1 mitosis/HPF - if cutaneous.<ref name=pmid21358302>{{cite journal |author=Kraft S, Fletcher CD |title=Atypical intradermal smooth muscle neoplasms: clinicopathologic analysis of 84 cases and a reappraisal of cutaneous "leiomyosarcoma" |journal=Am. J. Surg. Pathol. |volume=35 |issue=4 |pages=599–607 |year=2011 |month=April |pmid=21358302 |doi=10.1097/PAS.0b013e31820e6093 |url=}}</ref>
*#*>=1 mitosis/HPF - if cutaneous.<ref name=pmid21358302>{{cite journal |author=Kraft S, Fletcher CD |title=Atypical intradermal smooth muscle neoplasms: clinicopathologic analysis of 84 cases and a reappraisal of cutaneous "leiomyosarcoma" |journal=Am. J. Surg. Pathol. |volume=35 |issue=4 |pages=599–607 |year=2011 |month=April |pmid=21358302 |doi=10.1097/PAS.0b013e31820e6093 |url=}}</ref>
*+/-Heterologous elements, e.g. malignant cartilage or bone.<ref name=pmid22833086>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Anh Tran | first1 = T. | last2 = Holloway | first2 = RW. | title = Metastatic leiomyosarcoma of the uterus with heterologous differentiation to malignant mesenchymoma. | journal = Int J Gynecol Pathol | volume = 31 | issue = 5 | pages = 453-7 | month = Sep | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1097/PGP.0b013e318246977d | PMID = 22833086 }}</ref>
Notes:
*Leiomyosarcoma ''de facto'' trumps other sarcomas.<ref name=pmid22833086/>


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