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==Microscopic== | ==Microscopic== | ||
Features: | Features: | ||
*Classically, spindle cell morphology | *Classically, spindle cell morphology ~ 50% of tumours.<ref name=pmid15613856>{{Cite journal | last1 = Miettinen | first1 = M. | last2 = Sobin | first2 = LH. | last3 = Lasota | first3 = J. | title = Gastrointestinal stromal tumors of the stomach: a clinicopathologic, immunohistochemical, and molecular genetic study of 1765 cases with long-term follow-up. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 29 | issue = 1 | pages = 52-68 | month = Jan | year = 2005 | doi = | PMID = 15613856 }}</ref> | ||
** May be epithelioid (round) ~40% of tumours. | |||
** Mixed epithelioid and spindle cell tumours ~10% tumours. | |||
*+/-Cytoplasmic inclusions.<ref name=pmid7757951>{{cite journal |author=Pasquinelli G, Severi B, Martinelli GN, Santini D, Gelli MC, Tison V |title=Gastro-intestinal stromal tumors: an ultrastructural reinterpretation of the clear cell component |journal=J. Submicrosc. Cytol. Pathol. |volume=27 |issue=2 |pages=251–7 |year=1995 |month=April |pmid=7757951 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | *+/-Cytoplasmic inclusions.<ref name=pmid7757951>{{cite journal |author=Pasquinelli G, Severi B, Martinelli GN, Santini D, Gelli MC, Tison V |title=Gastro-intestinal stromal tumors: an ultrastructural reinterpretation of the clear cell component |journal=J. Submicrosc. Cytol. Pathol. |volume=27 |issue=2 |pages=251–7 |year=1995 |month=April |pmid=7757951 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
*Classically splits the layers of the ''muscularis propria'' - as this is where the ''interstitial cells of Cajal'' are located.<ref name=pmid16402273>{{cite journal |author=Agaimy A, Wünsch PH |title=Gastrointestinal stromal tumours: a regular origin in the muscularis propria, but an extremely diverse gross presentation. A review of 200 cases to critically re-evaluate the concept of so-called extra-gastrointestinal stromal tumours |journal=Langenbecks Arch Surg |volume=391 |issue=4 |pages=322–9 |year=2006 |month=August |pmid=16402273 |doi=10.1007/s00423-005-0005-5 |url=}}</ref> | *Classically splits the layers of the ''muscularis propria'' - as this is where the ''interstitial cells of Cajal'' are located.<ref name=pmid16402273>{{cite journal |author=Agaimy A, Wünsch PH |title=Gastrointestinal stromal tumours: a regular origin in the muscularis propria, but an extremely diverse gross presentation. A review of 200 cases to critically re-evaluate the concept of so-called extra-gastrointestinal stromal tumours |journal=Langenbecks Arch Surg |volume=391 |issue=4 |pages=322–9 |year=2006 |month=August |pmid=16402273 |doi=10.1007/s00423-005-0005-5 |url=}}</ref> | ||
*Skenoid fibres - extracellular collagen bundles<ref name=pmid15798063/> ~ 2-5 x 60 micrometers | *+/-Skenoid fibres - extracellular collagen bundles<ref name=pmid15798063/> ~ 2-5 x 60 micrometers - uncommon finding. | ||
**Not seen in gastric GISTs.<ref name=pmid12692202/> | |||
**High [[specificity]] for GIST. | **High [[specificity]] for GIST. | ||