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Ch. 20 - Fibrous tumors Flashcards

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Dermatofibroma

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Interstitial spindle cells with collagen trapping and overlying acanthosis. Ringed lipidized siderophages. Factor XIIIa+, CD34-.

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Aneurysmal dermatofibroma (sclerosing hemangioma)

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A type of dermatofibroma with aneurysmal dilatation of vessels.

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Fibrous histiocytoma

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A type of dermatofibroma with large histiocytoid vesicular nuclei with prominent nucleoli.

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Dermatofibroma with monster cells

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A type of dermatofibroma with very large cells with vesicular nuclei and prominent nucleoli. Benign!

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Adult myofibroma

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Blue myxoid nodules with myofibroblasts and peripheral fibrovascular proliferation.

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Dermatomyofibroma

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Plaque-like tumor with horizontally-aligned spindle cells which “respect” adnexal structures.

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Fibromatosis

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Corkscrew-shaped myofibroblasts and collagen. Locally infiltrate but not metastatic.

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Infantile myofibromatosis

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Fibromatosis in children which tends to spontaneously regress (become less cellular and more fibrous). Visceral inolvement can be fatal.

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Juvenile hyaline fibromatosis

(cause?)

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Nodular hyaline fibrosis in the dermis. Affects face, hands, joints, gingiva.

AutRec CMG2/ANTXR2 mutations

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Scar, hypertrophic scar, keloid

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Scar: Horizontally-aligned fibroblasts and vertically-aligned blood vessels. No elastic tissue.

Hypertrophic: Whorled proliferation

Keloid: Central bundles of amorphous “bubble-gum” collagen.

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Fibrous hamartoma of infancy

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Disordered myxoid and mature fibrous and fatty areas with compartmentalized appearance.

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Infantile digital fibroma (inclusion body fibroma)

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Criss-cross fascicles of spindle cells with red inclusion bodies (actin?).

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Giant cell tumor of the tendon sheath

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Osteoclast-like giant cells (randomly distributed nuclei) with plump fibroblasts and collagen+hemosiderin.

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Fibroma of tendon sheath

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Essentially, giant cell tumor of tendon sheath without the giant cells. Bland, plump fibroblasts.

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Elastofibroma dorsi

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Large fibrous tumor with deposits of beaded elastic fibers.

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Sclerotic fibroma

(association?)

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“Starry sky” whorls of hypocellular collagen.

Associated with Cowden’s syndrome

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Pleomorphic fibroma

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Scattered large hyperchromatic stellate nuclei. No mitoses! CD34+.

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Sclerosing perineurioma

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Whorled, nodular, or storiform concentric appearance. EMA+.

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Angiofibromas

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Concentric perivascular fibrosis with stellate, factor XIIIa+ stromal cells.

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Fibrous papule of the face (benign fibrous papule, solitary angiofibroma)

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Common type of angiofibroma with large pyramid-shaped melanocytes at the dermal-epidermal junction.

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Acquired digital fibrokeratoma

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An acral angiofibroma with hyperkeratosis, acanthosis, and hypergranulosis.

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Nodular fasciitis

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“Tissue culture” loose myxoid pattern of fibroblasts with erythrocytes and inflammatory cells.

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Cranial fasciitis, proliferative fasciitis

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Cranial: Variant of nodular fasciitis that occurs on head of a child

Proliferative: Variant of nodular fasciitis with ganglion-like giant cells and peripheral collagen trapping

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Calcifying aponeurotic fibroma

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Plump, epithelioid fibroblasts palisading around chondroid foci sometimes with calcification and/or osteoclast-like cells.

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Desmoid tumor (aggressive fibromatosis)

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Bland myofibroblastic proliferation with tendency for deep infiltration and recurrence (borderline). Beta-catenin+.

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Plexiform fibrohistiocytic tumor

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Biphasic tumor with plexiform fascicles of fusiform/spindle cells and nodules of histiocytic/osteoclast giant cells.

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Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP)

IHC? Molecular?

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Malignant storiform lesion that infiltrates fat and effaces epidermal rete.

CD34+, Factor XIIIa-. t(17;22) COL1A1-PDGFB

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Bednar tumor, Giant cell fibroblastoma

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Bednar: Pigmented DFSP

Giant cell fibroblastoma: A juvenile variant of DFSP with multinucleated giant cells lining vascular-like spaces.

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Fibrosarcoma

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Densely hypercellular herringbone lesion with large and hyperchromatic nuclei.

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Atypical fibroxanthoma (AFX)

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An atypical pleomorphic/spindle cell lesion. Diagnosis of exclusion, CD10+, S100A6+, Procollagen+.

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Pleomorphic undifferentiated sarcoma

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A heterogeneous group of soft tissue sarcomas. Replaced the former malignant fibrous histiocytoma.

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Epithelioid sarcoma

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Biphasic sarcoma resembling a palisading granuloma. Central necrosis, stains for both keratin and vimentin.

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Dermatofibroma

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Aneurysmal dermatofibroma

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Fibrous histiocytoma

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Dermatofibroma with monster cells

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Adult myofibroma

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Dermatomyofibroma

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Fibromatosis (dupuytren’s contracture)

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Juvenile hyaline fibromatosis

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Scar

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Hypertrophic scar

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Keloid

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Fibrous hamartoma of infancy

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Infantile digital fibroma

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Giant cell tumor of tendon sheath

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Fibroma of tendon sheath

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Elastofibroma dorsi

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Sclerotic fibroma

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Pleomorphic fibroma

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Sclerosing perineurioma

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Angiofibroma

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Fibrous papule of the face

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Acquired digital fibrokeratoma

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Nodular fasciitis

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Proliferative fasciitis

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Calcifying aponeurotic fibroma

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Desmoid tumor

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Plexiform fibrohistiocytic tumor

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Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans

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Bednar tumor

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Giant cell fibroblastoma

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Fibrosarcoma

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Atypical fibroxanthoma

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Epithelioid sarcoma

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