Difference between revisions of "Leiomyosarcoma"

Jump to navigation Jump to search
462 bytes added ,  11:18, 10 May 2013
Line 19: Line 19:
**Whorled look at low power.
**Whorled look at low power.
**Groups of spindle cells cut peripendicular to their long axis adjacent to groups of spindle cells cut in the plane of their long axis.
**Groups of spindle cells cut peripendicular to their long axis adjacent to groups of spindle cells cut in the plane of their long axis.
*Features of malignancy (need all three):
*Features of malignancy (usually need 2 of 3):
*#Nuclear atypia.
*#Nuclear atypia.
*#Tumour cell necrosis.
*#Tumour cell necrosis.
Line 33: Line 33:
Notes:
Notes:
*Leiomyosarcoma ''de facto'' trumps other sarcomas.<ref name=pmid22833086/>
*Leiomyosarcoma ''de facto'' trumps other sarcomas.<ref name=pmid22833086/>
*Mitotic rate seems to be a relatively weak predictor; modest rate may be malignant and a high rate benign.<ref name=pmid9388868>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Guo | first1 = L. | last2 = Liu | first2 = T. | last3 = Huang | first3 = H. | title = [Reappraisal of the pathological criteria for uterine leiomyosarcoma]. | journal = Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi | volume = 25 | issue = 5 | pages = 266-9 | month = Oct | year = 1996 | doi =  | PMID = 9388868 }}</ref>


DDx:
DDx:
48,833

edits

Navigation menu