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Case Number : Case 1988 - 18 Jan 2018 Posted By: Patrick Shenjere

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16F, Lump left chest wall ?sebaceous cyst ? fibroma


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Plexiform lesion. Plexiform fibrohistiocytic tumor?

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Cellular neurothekeoma or plexiform fibrohistiocytic tumor. 

Do not know how to reliably distinguish these two entities.

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Arif Usmani

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Agree with plexiform fibrohistiocytic tumor. Young age and a few multinucleated cells.

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Dr. King-Chung Lee

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Agree with plexiform fibrohistiocytic tumor. Would do MiTF immunostaining, though (-ve in plexiform fibrohistiocytic tumor, positive in cellular neurothekeoma).

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Dr. Mona Abdel-Halim

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Plexiform fibrohistiocytic tumor

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Admin_Dermpath

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Dear All 

Dr Shenjere's final diagnosis was: Cellular neurothekeoma with atypia (atypical cellular neurothekeoma)

 

Differentials he considered are: Melanoma; Atypical Spitz naevus/Spitz tumour of uncertain malignant potential; Myxofibrosarcoma; Epithelioid sarcoma

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Admin_Dermpath

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From Dr Shenjere:

The main differential diagnosis in this case is between a plexiform fibrohistiocytic tumour and a cellular neurothekeoma. These entities have significant histologic overlap, and in rare cases one is unable to make a confident distinction between them, leading some authors to suggest that they may be the same entity or parts of a spectrum of lesions . The morphological involvement of the upper dermis and presence of nuclear variability, with some areas showing significant pleomorphism and atypical mitoses – not apparent in the pictures provided) seen in this case are more in keeping with a cellular neurothekeoma with atypia(atypical cellular neurothekeoma). The tumour is positive for MiTF. The other differentials one might consider include melanoma; Atypical Spitz naevus/Spitz tumour of uncertain malignant potential; Myxofibrosarcoma; Epithelioid sarcoma, depending on the cellular morphology and degree of nuclear pleomorphism.

 

 

 

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