Tumoral, quasitumoral and pseudotumoral lesions of the superficial and somatic soft tissue: New entities and new variants of old entities recorded during the last 25 years. Part IV: Excerpta II

Pathologica

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 436-463

  Bisceglia, M ^e   Fisher, C ^a   Suster, S ^b   Kazakov, D V ^c   Cooper, K ^d   Michal, M ^c  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^e CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENIGN TUMOR; BONE TUMOR; CALCIFYING FIBROUSPSEUDOTUMOR; CANCER GRADING; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOMYOFIBROMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FIBROMYXOID SARCOMA; FIBROSARCOMA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYALINIZING SPINDLE CELL TUMOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY MYXOHYALINE TUMOR; IUXTARTICULAR MYXOMA; JUXTAARTICULAR MYXOMA; LIPOMATOUS HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; LYMPHOMA; MEDICAL RECORD; MESENCHYMOMA; MYOFIBROSARCOMA; MYXOMA; OSSIFYING FIBROMYXOID TUMOR; PALISADED MYOFIBROBLASTOMA; PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA; PLEOMORPHIC MYOFIBROSARCOMA; PSEUDOTUMOR; REVIEW; ROSETTE FORMATION; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; SUPERFICIAL ANGIOMYXOMA; SUPERFICIAL CANCER; VULVA ANGIOMYOFIBROBLASTOMA; VULVA TUMOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DERMATOFIBROMA; FEMALE; FIBROMA; HEMANGIOMA; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; LEIOMYOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE TUMOR; OSSIFYING FIBROMA; PATHOLOGY; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN TUMOR;

TUMOR MARKER; TUMOR PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOMYOMA; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FIBROMA; FIBROMA, OSSIFYING; FIBROSARCOMA; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL; HEMANGIOMA; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; HISTIOCYTOMA, BENIGN FIBROUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYXOMA; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEOPLASMS, CONNECTIVE AND SOFT TISSUE; NEOPLASMS, MUSCLE TISSUE; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 14844296449     PISSN: 00312983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (169)

1. Kamino H, Reddy VB, Gero M, Greco MA. Dermatomyofibroma. A benign cutaneous, plaque-like proliferation of fibroblasts and myofibroblasts in young adults. J Cutan Pathol 1992;19:85-93.
2. Cooper PH. Dermatomyofibroma: a case of fibromatosis revisited). J Cutan Pathol 1992;19:81-2.
3. Fraitag S, Teillac-Hamel D, de Prost Y, Brousse N. Le dermatomyofibrome: une observation chez un enfant. Ann Dermatol Venereol 1993;120:818-20.
4. Mentzel T, Calonje E, Fletcher CD. Dermatomyofibroma: additional observations on a distinctive cutaneous myofibroblastic tumor with emphasis on differential diagnosis. Br J Dermatol 1993; 129:69-73.
5. Hugel H, Kutzner H, Rutten A, Biess B. Differences between plaque-like variants of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans and plaque-like dermal fibromatosis (dermatomyofibroma). Hautarzt 1994;45:299-303.
6. Colome MI, Sanchez RI. Dermatomyofibroma: report of two cases. J Cutan Pathol 1994;21:371-6.
7. Ng WK, Cheung MF, Ma L. Dermatomyofibroma: further support of its myofibroblastic nature by electron microscopy. Histopathology 1996;29:181-3.
8. Trotter MJ, McGregor GI, O'Connell JX. Linear dermatomyofibroma. Clin Exp Dermatol 1996;21:307-9.
9. Tani M, Komura A, Ichihashi M. Dermatomyofibroma. J Dermatol 1997;24:793-7.
10. Rose C, Brocker EB. Dermatomyofibroma: case report and review. Pediatr Dermatol 1999;16:456-9.
11. Nirchio V, Zaffarano L, Soccio T, Bisceglia M. Il dermatomiofibroma: osservazione di un caso. G Ital Dermatol Venereol 2000;135(Suppl 1):47-8.
12. Mortimore RJ, Whitehead KJ. Dermatomyofibroma: a report of two cases, one occurring in a child. Australas J Dermatol 2001;42:22-5.
13. D'Addario SF, Morgan M, Talley L, Smoller BR. H-caldesmon as a specific marker of smooth muscle cell differentiation in some soft tissue tumors of the skin. J Cutan Pathol 2002;29:426-9.
14. Mentzel T, Kutzner H. Hemorrhagic dermatomyofibroma (plaque-like dermal fibromatosis): clinicopathological and immunohistochemical analysis of three cases resembling plaque-stage Kaposis's sarcoma. Histopathology 2003;42:594-8.
15. Hügel H. Die plaqueförmige dermale Fibromatose. Hautarzt 1991;42:223-6.
16. Hügel H. Plaque-like fibromatosis/dermatomyofibroma. J Cutan Pathol 1993;20:94 (letter).
17. Weiss SW, Gnepp DR, Bratthauer GL. Palisaded myofibroblastoma. A benign mesenchymal tumor of lymph node. Am J Surg Pathol 1989;13:341-6.
18. Suster S, Rosai J. Intranodal hemorrhagic spindle cell tumor with "amianthoid" fibers. Report of six cases of a distinctive mesenchymal neoplasm of the inguinal region that simulates Kaposi's sarcoma. Am J Surg Pathol 1989;13:347-57.
19. Lee JY-Y, Abell E, Shevechick GJ. Solitary spindle cell tumor with myoid differentiation of the lymph node. Arch Pathol Lab Med 1989;113:547-50.
20. Eyden BP, Harris M, Greywoode GI, Christensen L, Banerjee SS. Intranodal myofibroblastoma: report of a case. Ultrastruct Pathol 1996;20:79-88.
21. Michal M, Chlumska A, Skalova A, Fakan F. Palisaded intranodal myofibroblastoma. Electron microscopic study. Zentralbl Pathol 1993;139:81-8.
22. Hisaoka M, Hashimoto H, Daimaru Y. Intranodal palisaded myofibroblastoma with so-called amianthoid fibers: a report of two cases with a review of the literature. Pathol Int 1998;48:307-12.
23. Michal M, Chlumska A, Povysilova V. Intranodal "amianthoid" myofibroblastoma. Report of six cases with immunohistochemical and electron microscopic study. Pathol Res Pract 1992;188:199-204.
24. Gal R, Siegal B, Siegal A. Intranodal "amianthoid" myofibroblastoma (Weiss-Suster's tumor). Cell Vision 1995;2:129-31.
25. Alguacil-Garcia A. Intranodal myofibroblastoma in a submandibular lymph node: a case report. Am J Clin Pathol 1992;97:69-72.
26. Fletcher CDM, Stirling RW. Intranodal myofibroblastoma presenting in the submandibular region: evidence of a broader clinical and histologic spectrum. Histopathology 1990;16:287-9.
27. Skalova A, Michal M, Chlumska A, Leivo I. Collagen composition and ultrastructure of the so-called amianthoid fibers in palisaded myofibroblastoma. Ultrastructural and immunohistochemical study J Pathol 1992:167:335-40.
28. Kleist B, Poetsch M, Schmoll J. Intranodal palisaded myofibroblastoma with overexpression of Cyclin D1. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2003;127:1040-3.
29. Bigotti G, Coli A, Mottolese M, Di Filippo F. Selective location of palisaded myofibroblastoma with amianthoid fibers. J Clin Pathol 1991;44:761-4.
30. Creager AJ, Garwacki CP. Recurrent intranodal palisaded myofibroblastoma with metaplastic bone formation. Arch Pathol Lab Med 1999;123:433-6.
31. Crocker DJ, Murad TM. Ultrastructure of fibrosarcoma in a male breast. Cancer 1969;23:891-9.
32. d'Andiran G, Gabbiani G. A metastasizing sarcoma of the pleura composed of myofibroblasts. Prog Surg Pathol 1980;2:31-40.
33. Eyden BP, Banerjee SS, Harris M, Mene A. A study of spindle cell sarcomas showing myofibroblastic differentiation. Ultrastruct Pathol 1991;15:367-78.
34. Eyden BP, Christensen L, Tagore V, Harris M. Myofibrosarcoma of subcutaneous soft tissue of the cheek. J Submicrosc Cytol Pathol 1992;24:307-13.
35. Smith DM, Mahmoud HH, Jenkins JJ 3rd, Rao B, Hopkins KP, Parham DM. Myofibrosarcoma of the head and neck in children. Pediatr Pathol Lab Med 1995;15:403-18.
36. Taccagni G, Rovere E, Masullo M, Christensen L, Eyden B. Myofibrosarcoma of the breast: review of the literature on myofibroblastic tumors and criteria for defining myofibroblastic differentiation. Am J Surg Pathol 1997;21:489-96.
37. Bisceglia M, Magro, G. Low-grade myofibroblastic sarcoma of the salivary gland. Am J Surg Pathol 1999;23:1435-6.
38. Gocht A, Bosmuller HC, Bassler R, Tavassoli FA, Moinfar F, Katenkamp D, et al. Breast tumors with myofibroblastic differentiation: clinico-pathological observations in myofibroblastoma and myofibrosarcoma. Pathol Res Pract 1999;195:1-10.
39. Mentzel T, Dry S, Katenkamp D, Fletcher CD. Low-grade myofibroblastic sarcoma: analysis of 18 cases in the spectrum of myofibroblastic tumors. Am J Surg Pathol 1998;22:1228-38.
40. Montgomery E, Goldblum JR, Fisher C. Myofibrosarcoma: a clinicopathologic study. Am J Surg Pathol 2001;25:219-28.
41. Bisceglia M, Tricarico N, Minenna P, Magro G, Pasquinelli G. Myofibrosarcoma of the upper jawbones: a clinicopathologic and ultrastructural study of two cases. Ultrastruct Pathol 2001; 25:385-97.
42. Watanabe K, Ogura G, Tajino T, Hoshi N, Suzuki T. Myofibrosarcoma of the bone: a clinicopathologic study. Am J Surg Pathol 2001;25:1501-7.
43. Lucin K, Mustac E, Jonjic N. Breast sarcoma showing myofibroblastic differentiation. Virchows Arch 2003;443:222-4.
44. Guillou L, Wadden C, Coindre JM, Krausz T, Fletcher CD. "Proximal-type" epithelioid sarcoma, a distinctive aggressive neoplasm showing rhabdoid features. Clinicopathologic, immunohistochemical, and ultrastructural study of a series. Am J Surg Pathol 1997;21:130-46.
45. Kuhnen C, Homann HH, Mentzel T. Myofibroblastic sarcoma of the thoracic wall. Change in appearance in tumour recurrence. Pathologe 2003;24:128-35.
46. Eyden BP, Christensen L. Leiomyosarcoma versus myofibrosarcoma: observations and terminology. Ultrastruct Pathol 1993;17:231-9.
47. Fu Y-S, Gabbiani G, Kaye GI, Lattes R. Malignant soft tissue tumours of probable histiocytic origin (malignant fibrous histiocytomas): general considerations and electron microscopic and tissue culture studies. Cancer 1975;35:176-98.
48. Churg AM, Kahn LB. Myofibroblasts and related cells in malignant fibrous and fibrohistiocytic tumors. Hum Pathol 1977;8:205-18.
49. Hirose T, Kudo E, Hasegawa T, Abe J, Hizawa K. Expression of intermediate filaments in malignant fibrous histiocytomas. Hum Pathol 1989;20:871-7.
50. Fisher C. The value of electronmicroscopy and immunohistochemistry in the diagnosis of soft tissue sarcomas: a study of 200 cases. Histopathology 1990;16:441-54.
51. Watanabe K, Ogura G. Fibronexus in "malignant fibrous histiocytoma" of the bone: a case report of pleomorphic myofibrosarcoma Ultrastruct Pathol 2002;26:47-51.
52. Fukuda T, Tsuneyoshi M, Enjoji M. Malignant fibrous histiocytoma of soft parts: an ultrastructural quantitative study. Ultrastructural Pathol 1988;12:117-29.
53. Montgomery E, Fisher C. Myofibroblastic differentiation in malignant fibrous histiocytoma (pleomorphic myofibrosarcoma): a clinicopathological study. Histopathology 2001;38:499-509.
54. Fletcher CD, Tsang WY, Fisher C, Lee KC, Chan JK. Angiomyofibroblastoma of the vulva. A benign neoplasm distinct from aggressive angiomyxoma. Am J Surg Pathol 1992;16:373-82.
55. Kobayashi T, Suzuki K, Arai T, Sugimura H. Angiomyofibroblastoma arising from the fallopian tube. Obstet Gynecol 1999;94:833-4.
56. Kitamura H, Miyao N, Sato Y, Matsukawa M, Tsukamoto T, Sato T. Angiomyofibroblastoma of the female urethra. Int J Urol 1999;6:268-70.
57. Laskin WB, Fetsch JF, Tavassoli FA. Angiomyofibroblastoma of the female genital tract: analysis of 17 cases including a lipomatous variant. Hum Pathol 1997;28:1046-55.
58. Ockner DM, Sayadi H, Swanson PE, Ritter JH, Wick MR. Genital angiomyofibroblastoma. Comparison with aggressive angiomyxoma and other myxoid neoplasms of skin and soft tissue. Am J Clin Pathol 1997;107:36-44.
59. Nielsen GP, Rosenberg AE, Young RH, Dickersin GR, Clement PB, Scully RE. Angiomyofibroblastoma of the vulva and vagina. Mod Pathol 1996;9:284-91.
60. Qublan HS, Fayyad LM, Al-Ghoweri AS. Angiomyofibroblastoma of the vulva occurring in a teenaged girl. J Obstet Gynaecol 2002;22:562-3.
61. Wang J, Sheng W, Tu X, Shi D, Zhu X, Zhang R. Clinicopathologic analysis of angiomyofibroblastoma of the female genital tract. Chin Med J 2000;113:1036-9.
62. Fukunaga M, Nomura K, Matsumoto K, Doi K, Endo Y, Ushigome S. Vulval angiomyofibroblastoma. Clinicopathologic analysis of six cases Am J Clin Pathol 1997;107:45-51.
63. Nielsen GP, Young RH, Dickersin GR, Rosenberg AE. Angiomyofibroblastoma of the vulva with sarcomatous transformation ("angiomyofibrosarcoma"). Am J Surg Pathol 1997;21:1104-8.
64. Sasano H, Date F, Yamamoto H, Nagura H. Angiomyofibroblastoma of the vulva: case report with immunohistochemical, ultrastructural and DNA ploidy studies and a review of the literature. Pathol Int 1997;47:647-50.
65. Granter SR, Nucci MR, Fletcher CD. Aggressive angiomyxoma: reappraisal of its relationship to angiomyofibroblastoma in a series of 16 cases. Histopathology 1997;30:3-10.
66. Folpe AL, Weiss SW. Paratesticular soft tissue neoplasms Semin Diagn Pathol 2000;17:307-18.
67. Nucci MR, Granter SR, Fletcher CD. Cellular angiofibroma: a benign neoplasm distinct from angiomyofibroblastoma and spindle cell lipoma. Am J Surg Pathol 1997;21:636-44.
68. Laskin WB, Fetsch JF, Tavassoli FA. Superficial cervicovaginal myofibroblastoma: fourteen cases of a distinctive mesenchymal tumor arising from the specialized subepithelial stroma of the lower female genital tract. Hum Pathol 2001;32:715-25.
69. Laskin WB, Fetsch JF, Mostofi FK. Angiomyofibroblastomalike tumor of the male genital tract: analysis of 11 cases with comparison to female angiomyofibroblastoma and spindle cell lipoma. Am J Surg Pathol 1998;22:6-16.
70. Michal M, Rokyta Z, Mejchar B, Pelikan K, Kummel M, Mukensnabl P. Prolapse of the fallopian tube after hysterectomy associated with exuberant angiomyofibroblastic stroma response: a diagnostic pitfall. Virchows Arch 2000;437:436-9.
71. Cameselle-Teijeiro J, Manuel Lopes J, Villanueva JP, Gil-Gil P, Sobrinho-Simoes M. Lipomatous haemangiopericytoma (adipocytic variant of solitary fibrous tumour) of the thyroid. Histopathology 2003;43:406-8.
72. Folpe AL, Devaney K, Weiss SW. Lipomatous hemangiopericytoma: a rare variant of hemangiopericytoma that may be confused with liposarcoma. Am J Surg Pathol 1999;23:1201-7.
73. Guillou L, Gebhard S, Coindre JM. Lipomatous hemangiopericytoma: a fat-containing variant of solitary fibrous tumor? Clinicopathologic, immunohistochemical, and ultrastructural analysis of a series in favor of a unifying concept. Hum Pathol 2000;31:1108-15.
74. Nielsen GP, Dickersin GR, Provenzal JM, Rosenberg AE. Lipomatous hemangiopericytoma. A histologic, ultrastructural and immunohistochemical study of a unique variant of hemangiopericytoma. Am J Surg Pathol 1995;19:748-56.
75. Nochomovitz LE, Orenstein JM. Inflammatory pseudotumor of the urinary bladder - possible relationship to nodular fasciitis: two case reports, cytologic observations, and ultrastructural observations Am J Surg Pathol 1985;9:366-73.
76. Chan JKC. Inflammatory pseudotumor: a family of lesions of diverse natures and etiologies. Adv Anat Pathol 1996;3:156-71.
77. Batsakis JG, El-Naggar AK, Luna MA, Geopfert H. "Inflammatory pseudotumor": What is it? How does it behave? Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1995;104:329-31.
78. Sciot R, Dal Cin P, Fletcher CDM, Hernandez JM, Garcia JL, Samson I, et al. Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of bone. Report of two cases with evidence of clonal chromosomal changes. Am J Surg Pathol 1997;21:1166-72.
79. Griffin CA, Hawkins AL, Dvorak C, Henkle C, Ellingham T, Perlman EJ. Recurrent involvement of 2p23 in inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors. Cancer Res 1999;59:2776-80.
80. Lawrence B, Perez-Atayde A, Hibbard MK, Rubin BP, Dal Cin P, Pinkus JL, et al. TPM3-ALK and TPM4-ALK oncogenes in inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors. Am J Pathol 2000;157:377-84.
81. Coffin CM, Watterson J, Priest JR, Dehner LP. Extrapulmonary inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (inflammatory pseudotumor). A clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of 84 cases. Am J Surg Pathol 1995;19:859-72.
82. Spencer H. The pulmonary plasma cell/histiocytoma complex Histopathology 1984;8:903-16.
83. Pettinato G, Manivel C, De Rosa N, Dehner LP. Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (plasma cell granuloma). Clinicopathologic study of 20 cases with immunohistochemical and ultrastructural observations. Am J Clin Pathol 1990;94:538-46.
84. Jones EC, Clement PB, Young RH. Inflammatory pseudotumor of the urinary bladder. A clinicopathological, immunohistochemical, ultrastructural, and flow cytometric study of 13 cases. Am J Surg Pathol 1993;17:264-74.
85. Wenig BM, Devaney K, Bisceglia M. Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the larynx. A clinicopathologic study of eight cases simulating a malignant spindle cell neoplasm. Cancer 1995;76:2217-29.
86. Ramachandra S, Hollowood K, Bisceglia M, Fletcher CDM. Inflammatory pseudotumor of soft tissues: a clinicopathological and immunohistochemical analysis of 18 cases. Histopathology 1995;27:313-23.
87. Hurt MA, Santa Cruz DJ. Cutaneous inflammatory pseudotumor Lesions resembling "inflammatory pseudotumors" or "plasma cell granulomas" of extracutaneous sites. Am J Surg Pathol 1990; 14:764-73.
88. Vadmal MS, Pellegrini AE. Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the skin. Am J Dermatopathol 1999;21:449-53.
89. Bisceglia M, Fusilli S, Zaffarano L, Fiorentino F, Tardio B. Lo pseudotumore infiammatorio della mammella. Osservazione di un caso e revisione della letteratura. Pathologica 1995;87:59-64.
90. Häusler M, Schaade L, Ramaekers VT, Doenges M, Heimann, Sellhaus B. Inflammatory pseudotumors of the central nervous system: report of 3 cases and a literature review. Hum Pathol 2003;34:253-62.
91. Nakamura Y, Tsuneyama K, Masuda S, Tomioka, T. Hepatic inflammatory pseudotumor associated with chronic cholangitis: report of three cases. Hum Pathol 1994;25:86-91.
92. Sijo L, Unger PD, Strauchen JA. Inflammatory pseudotumor of the spleen. Int J Surg Pathol 1996;3:289-98.
93. Özkara SK, Gürbüz Y, Erçín C, Müezzínoglu B, Türkmen M. Inflammatory pseudotumor of the spleen. Virchows Arch 2001;438:629-31. (Letter)
94. Kapusta LR, Weiss MA, Ramsay J, Lopez-Beltran A, Srigley JR. Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors of the kidney. A clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of 12 cases. Am J Surg Pathol 2003;27:658-66.
95. Li L, Cerilli LA, Wick MR. Inflammatory pseudotumor (myofibroblastic tumor) of the heart. Ann Diagn Pathol 2002;6:116-21.
96. Yamashima M, Honma T, Uchijima Y. Myofibroblastic pseudotumor mimicking epididymal sarcoma. A clinicopathologic study of three cases. Pathol Res Pract 1992;188:1054-9.
97. Kaskas M, Helfrich P, Dabrowski A, Buffin RP. Pseudo-tumeur inflammatoire del'ouraque. Une observation. La Presse Médicale 1992;21:1374-6.
98. Cretì G, Mastidoro MR, Palladino D, Bisceglia M, Ricci Barbini V. "Pseudotumore infiammatorio" dell'uraco: approccio diagnostico-terapeutico e quadro istopatologico. Descrizione di caso clinico. Atti, Congresso Congiunto SIUP-SINP, Roma 27-29 Settembre, 2001; PU57: pag. 62 (Abstract).
99. Davis RE, Warnke RA, Dorfman RF. Inflammatory pseudotumor of lymph nodes. Additional observations and evidence for an inflammatory etiology. Am J Surg Pathol 1991;15:744-56.
100. Moran CA, Suster S, Abbondanzo SL. Inflammatory pseudotumor of lymph nodes: a study of 25 cases with emphasis on morphological heterogeneity. Hum Pathol 1997;28:332-8.
101. Arber DA, Kamel OW, van de Rijn M, Davis RE, Medeiros LJ, Jaffe ES, et al. Frequent presence of the Epstein-Barr virus in inflammatory pseudotumor. Hum Pathol 1995;26:1093-8.
102. Shek TW, Ho FC, Ng IO, Chan AC, Ma L, Srivastava G. Follicular dendritic cell tumor of the liver: evidence for an EBV-related clonal proliferation of follicular dendritic cells. Am J Surg Pathol 1996;20:313-24.
103. Selves J, Meggetto F, Brousset P, Voigt JJ, Pradere B, Grasset D, et al. Inflammatory pseudotumor of the liver. Evidence for follicular dendritic reticulum cell proliferation associated with clonal Epstein-Barr virus. Am J Surg Pathol 1996;20:747-53.
104. Kutok JL, Pinkus GS, Dorfman DM, Fletcher CDM. Inflammatory pseudotumor of lymph node and spleen: an entity biologically distinct from inflammatory fibroblastic tumor. Hum Pathol 2001;32:1382-7.
105. Cook JR, Dehner LP, Collins MH, Ma Z, Morris SW, Coffin CM, et al. Anaplastic lymphoma kinase expression in the inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor. A comparative immunohistochemical study. Am J Surg Pathol 2001;25:1364-71.
106. Landanyi M. Aberrant ALK tyrosine kinase signaling. Different cellular lineages, common oncogenic mechanisms. Am J Pathol 2000;157:341-5.
107. Bridge JA, Kanamori M, Pickering D, Hill DA, Lydiatt W, Lui MY, et al. Fusion of the ALK gene to the clathrin heavy chain gene, CLTC, in inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor. Am J Pathol 2001;159:411-5.
108. Gómez-Román JJ, Ocejo-Vinyals G, Sánchez-Velasco P, Nieto EH, Leyva-Cobian F, Val-Bernal IF. Presence of human herpesvirus 8 DNA sequences and overexpression of human IL-6 and cyclin D1 in inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (inflammatory pseudotumor). Lab Invest 2000;80:1121-6.
109. Gómez-Román JJ, Sánchez-Velasco P, Ocejo-Vinyals G, Hernández-Nieto E, Leyva-Cobián F, Val-Bernal JF. Human herpesvirus-8 genes are expressed in pulmonary inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (inflammatory pseudotumor). Am J Surg Pathol 2001;25:624-9.
110. Meis IM, Enzinger FM. Inflammatory fibrosarcoma of the mesentery and retroperitoneum. A tumor closely simulating inflammatory pseudotumor. Am J Surg Pathol 1991;15:1146-56.
111. Meis-Kindblom JM, Kjellstrom C, Kindblom LG. Inflammatory fibrosarcoma: update, reappraisal, and perspective on its place in the spectrum of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors. Semin Diagn Pathol 1998;15:133-43.
112. Herrera GA, Johnson WW, Lockard VG, Walker BL. Soft tissue myofibroblastomas. Mod Pathology 1991;4:571-7.
113. Fisher C. Myofibroblastic malignancies. Adv Anat Pathol 2004;11:190-201.
114. Donner LR, Trompler RA, White RRT. Progression of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (inflammatory pseudotumor) of soft tissue into sarcoma after several recurrences. Hum Pathol 1996;27:1095-8.
115. Rosenthal NS, Abdul-Kharim FW. Childhood fibrous tumor with psammoma bodies. Clinicopathologic features in two cases. Arch Pathol Lab Med 1988;112:798-800.
116. Fetsch JF, Montgomery EA, Meis JM. Calcifying fibrous pseudotumor. Am J Surg Pathol 1993;17:502-8.
117. Lee YS, Sen BK. Dystrophic and psammomatous calcifications in a desmoid tumor. Cancer 1985;55:84-90.
118. Zámecnik M, Michal M, Boudova L, Sulc M. CD34 expression in calcifying fibrous pseudotumors. Histopathology 2000;36:183-4.
119. Hill KA, Gonzales-Crussi F, Chou PM. Calcifying fibrous pseudotumor versus inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor: a histologic and immunohistochemical comparison. Mod Pathol 2001;14:784-90.
120. Nascimento AF, Ruiz R, Hornick JL, Fletcher CDM. Calcifying fibrous pseudotumor. Clinicopathologic study of 15 cases and analysis of its relationship to inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor. Int J Surg Pathol 2002;10:189-96.
121. Bisceglia M, Carosi I, Dimitri L, Di Noia D, Ruggero E, Ricci Barbini V. (Pseudo-)tumore fibroso calcificante dell'"infanzia". Presentazione di due casi a sede nei tessuti molli paratesticolari in età giovanile. Atti X Congresso Nazionale Italiano Urologia Pediatrica 1994, p. 136.
122. Grebenc ML, Gorman JD, Sumida FK. Fibrous pseudotumors of the tunica vaginalis testis: imaging appearance. Abdom Imaging 1995;20:379-80.
123. Saginoya T, Yamaguchi K, Toda T, Kiyuna M. Fibrous pseudotumor of the scrotum: MR imaging findings. Am J Roentgenol 1996;167:285-97.
124. Pinkard NB, Wilson RW, Lawless N, Dodd LG, McAdams HP, Koss MN, et al. Calcifying fibrous pseudotumor of the pleura. A report of three cases of newly described entity involving the pleura. Am J Clin Pathol 1996;105:189-94.
125. Hainaut P, Lesage V, Weynand B, Coche E, Noirhomme P. Calcifying fibrous pseudotumor (CFPT): A patient presenting with multiple pleural lesions. Acta Clin Belg 1999;54:162-4.
126. Zámecnik M, Dorociak F, Vesely L. Calcifying fibrous pseudotumor after trauma. Pathol Int 1997;47:812 (letter).
127. Weynand B, Draguet AP, Bernard P, Marbaix E, Galant C. Calcifying fibrous pseudotumor: First case report in the peritoneum with immunostaining for CD34. Histopathology 1999;34:86-7.
128. Maeda T, Hirose T, Furuya K, Kameoka K. Calcifying fibrous pseudotumor: An ultrastructural study. Ultrastruct Pathol 1999;23:189-92.
129. Van Dorpe J, Ectors N, Geboes K, D'Hoore A, Sciot R. Is calcifying fibrous pseudotumor a late sclerosing stage of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor? Am J Surg Pathol 1999;23:329-35.
130. Pomplun S, Goldstraw P, Davies SE, Burke MM, Nicholson AG. Calcifying fibrous pseudotumor arising within an inflammatory pseudotumor: evidence of progression from one lesion to the other? Histopathology 2000;37:380-2 (letter).
131. Kocova L, Michal M, Sulc M, Zámecnik M. Calcifying fibrous pseudotumor of visceral peritoneum. Histopathology 1999;31:182-4.
132. Sigel JE, Tamara AS, Reith JD, Goldblum JR. Immunohistochemical analysis of anaplastic lymphoma kinase expression in deep soft tissue calcifying fibrous pseudotumor: Evidence of a late sclerosing stage of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor? Ann Diagn Pathol 2001;5:10-4.
133. Meis-Kindblom JM, Kindblom LG. Acral myxoinflammatory fibroblastic sarcoma. A low-grade tumor of the hands and feet. Am J Surg Pathol 1998;22:911-24.
134. Michal M. Inflammatory myxoid tumor of the soft parts with bizarre giant cells. Pathol Res Pract 1998;194:529-33.
135. Montgomery EA, Devaney KO, Giordano TJ, Weiss SW. Inflammatory myxohyaline tumor of distal extremities with virocyte or Reed-Sternberg-like cells: a distinctive lesion with features simulating inflammatory conditions, Hodgkin's disease, and various sarcomas. Mod Pathol 1998;11:384-391.
136. Fletcher CDM, Unni KK, Mertens F. World Health Organization Classification of Tumours. Pathology and Genetics of Tumours of Soft Tissue and Bone. Lyon: IARC Press Lyon, 2002.
137. Ebhardt H, Kosmehl H, Katenkamp D. Acral myxoinflammatory fibroblastic sarcoma. Six cases of a tumor entity. Pathologe 2001;22:157-61.
138. Sakaki M, Hirokawa M, Wakatsuki S, Sano T, Endo K, Fujii Y, et al. Acral myxoinflammatory fibroblastic sarcoma: a report of five cases and review of the literature. Virchows Arch 2003;442:25-30.
139. Jurcic V, Zidar A, Montiel MDP, Grazio SF, Nayler SJ, Cooper K, et al. Myxoinflammatory fibroblastic sarcoma: a tumor not restricted to acral sites. Ann Diagn Pathol 2002;272-80.
140. Kinkor Z, Mukensnabl P, Michal M. Inflammatory myxohyaline tumor with massive emperipolesis. Pathol Res Pract 2002;198:639-42.
141. Lambert I, Debiec-Rychter M, Guelinckx P, Hagemeijer A, Sciot R. Acral Myxoinflammatory fibroblastic sarcoma with unique clonal chromosomal changes. Virchows Arch 2001;438:509-12.
142. Angervall L, Kindblom LG, Merck C. Myxofibrosarcoma. A study of 30 cases. Acta Pathol Microbiol Scand [A] 1977;85:127-40.
143. Foucar E, Rosai J, Dorfman R. Sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy (Rosai Dorfman disease): review of the entity. Semin Diagn Pathol 1990;7:19-73.
144. Allen PW, Dymock RB, MacCormac WB. Superficial angiomyxomas with or without epithelial components. Report of 30 tumors in 28 patients. Am J Surg Pathol 1988;12:519-30.
145. Fetsch JF, Laskin WB, Tavassoli FA. Superficial angiomyxoma (cutaneous myxoma): a study of 15 cases arising in the genital region. Int J Gynecol Pathol 1997;16:325-34.
146. Calonje E, Guerin D, McCormick D, Fletcher CD. Superficial angiomyxoma: clinicopathological analysis of a series of distinctive but poorly recognized cutaneous tumors with a tendency for recurrence. Am J Surg Pathol 1999;23:910-7.
147. Carney JA, Headington JT, Wu SP. Cutaneous myxomas. A major component qf the complex of myxomas, spotty pigmentation and endocrine overactivity. Arch Dermatol 1986;122:790-8.
148. Wilk M, Schmoeckel C, Kaiser HW, Hepple R, Kreysel HW. Cutaneous angiomyxoma: A benign neoplasm distinct from cutaneous focal mucinosis. J Am Acad Dermatol 1995;33:352-5.
149. Meis JM, Enzinger FM. Juxta-articular myxoma: A clinical and pathologic study of 65 cases. Hum Pathol 1992;23:639-46.
150. Allen PW. Myxoma is not a single entity: a review of the concept of myxoma. Ann Diagn Pathol 2000;4:99-123.
151. Kempson RL, Fletcher CDM, Evans HL, Hendrickson MR, Sibley RK. Atlas of Tumor Pathology. Third series. In: Tumors of Soft Tissues. Washington, DC: AFIP 2001;30:423-5.
152. Sciot R, Dal Cin P, Samson I, van den Berghe H, Van Damme B. Clonal chromosomal changes in juxta-articular myxoma. Virchows Arch 1999;434:177-80.
153. Okamoto S, Hisaoka M, Meis-Kindblom JM, Kindblom LG, Hashimoto H. Juxta-articular myxoma and intra-muscular myxoma are two distinct entities. Activating Gs alpha mutation at Arg201 codon does not occur in juxta-articular myxoma. Virchows Arch 2002;440:12-5.
154. Williams SB, Ellis GL, Meis JM, Heffner DK. Ossifying fibromyxoid tumour (of soft parts) of the head and neck: a clinicopathological and immunohistochemical study of nine cases. J Laryngol Otol 1993;107:75-80.
155. Enzinger FM, Weiss SW, Liang CY. Ossifying fibromyxoid tumor of soft parts. A clinicopathological analysis of 59 cases. Am J Surg Pathol 1989;13:817-27.
156. Schofield JB, Krausz T, Stamp GW, Fletcher CD, Fisher C, Azzopardi JG. Ossifying fibromyxoid tumour of soft parts: immunohistochemical and ultrastructural analysis. Histopathology 1993;22:101-12.
157. Folpe AL, Weiss SW. Ossifying fibromyxoid tumor of soft parts: a clinicopathologic study of 70 cases with emphasis on atypical and malignant variants. Am J Surg Pathol 2003;27:421-31.
158. Fisher C, Hedges M, Weiss SW. Ossifying fibromyxoid tumor of soft parts with stromal cyst formation and ribosome-lamella complexes Ultrastruct Pathol 1994;18:593-600.
159. Nishio J, Iwasaki H, Ohjimi Y, Ishiguro M, Isayama T, Naito M, et al. Ossifying fibromyxoid tumor of soft parts. Cytogenetic findings. Cancer Genet Cytogenet 2002;133:124-8.
160. Sovani V, Velagaleti GV, Filipowicz E, Gatalica Z, Knisely AS. Ossifying fibromyxoid tumor of soft parts: report of a case with novel cytogenetic findings. Cancer Genet Cytogenet 2001;127:1-6.
161. Folpe A, van den Berg E, Molenaar WM. In: Fletcher CDM, Unni KK, Mertens F, eds. WHO Classification of Tumors. Pathology and Genetics of Tumors of Soft Tissue and Bone. Lyon: IARC Press 2002, pp. 104-105.
162. Folpe AL, Lane KL, Paull G, Weiss SW. Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma and hyalinizing spindle cell tumor with giant rosettes: A clinicopathological study of 73 cases supporting their identity and assessing the impact of high grade areas. Am J Surg Pathol 2000;24:1353-60.
163. Folpe AL. Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma: A review and update. Pathology Case Reviews 2002;7:139-45.
164. Lane KL, Shannon RJ, Weiss SW. Hyalinizing spindle cell tumor with giant rosettes: a distinctive tumor closely resembling low grade fibromyxoid sarcoma. Am J Surg Pathol 1997;21:1481-8.
165. Luvikova M, Michal M, Zamecnik M. Hyalinizing spindle cell tumor with giant rosettes-like structures. Pathol Res Pract 1998;194:529-33.
166. Goodlad JR, Mentzel T, Fletcher CD. Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma: clinicopathological analysis of eleven new cases in support of a distinct entity. Histopathol 1995;26:229-37.
167. Nielsen GP, Selig MK, O'Connell JX, Keel SB, Dickersin GR, Rosenberg AE. Hyalinizing spindle cell tumor with giant rosettes: a report of three cases with ultrastructural analysis. Am J Surg Pathol 1999;23:1227-32.
168. Evans HL. Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma: A report of two metastasizing neoplasms having a deceptively benign appearance. Am J Clin Pathol 1987;88:615-9.
169. Evans HL. Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma: A report of 12 cases. Am J Surg Pathol 1993;17:595-600.