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Yin JH, Sexton B, Jukier T, Yanke AB, Holland M, Miller AD, Stranahan L, Hoffmann AR, Sandey M. Case report: Intraneural perineurioma in dogs: a case series and brief literature review. Front Vet Sci 2024; 10:1233230. [PMID: 38274660 PMCID: PMC10808598 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2023.1233230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2023] [Accepted: 12/28/2023] [Indexed: 01/27/2024] Open
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Intraneural perineurioma is an exceptionally rare neoplasm in animals. This case study comprises a series of three cases and a brief literature review focusing on canine intraneural perineurioma. The pathological and immunohistochemical findings are documented, revealing that canine intraneural perineurioma frequently affects adult dogs aged between 3 and 10 years old, with a male predominance. Clinical signs associated with intraneural perineurioma in dogs include spinal pain, lameness, and paresis, resulting from the involvement of spinal nerve roots of the pelvic limbs, brachial plexus, or distal part of the median nerve. Most neoplasms had characteristic pseudo-onion bulb patterns on histopathology. Neoplastic perineurial cells, in most cases, expressed laminin and claudin-1, and NF200 consistently highlighted the central axon. While the immunohistochemical (IHC) profile of intraneural perineurioma in veterinary medicine remains incompletely characterized, the available IHC data from all reported cases suggest that a combination of laminin and claudin-1 immunomarkers, along with distinctive histological features, can assist in establishing a definitive diagnosis of intraneural perineurioma.
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- Ji-Hang Yin
- Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States
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- Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, Section of Anatomic Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
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- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States
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- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States
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- Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States
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Andrei V, Haefliger S, Baumhoer D. Superficial mesenchymal tumours expressing epithelial markers on immunohistochemistry: Diagnostic clues and pitfalls. Semin Diagn Pathol 2023:S0740-2570(23)00044-8. [PMID: 37147159 DOI: 10.1053/j.semdp.2023.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2023] [Accepted: 04/24/2023] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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The diagnosis of mesenchymal neoplasms arising in the superficial soft tissue can be challenging as some entities are rare and show overlapping features. Moreover, the spectrum of mesenchymal tumours has expanded recently to include potential new entities, some of which have been described after the 5th edition of the World Health Organisation (WHO) classification of soft tissue and bone tumours published in 2020. In the skin and superficial soft tissue, tumours of epidermal, melanocytic and appendageal origin are more commonly encountered than mesenchymal neoplasms. However, specific entities from the latter category can occasionally express epithelial markers on immunohistochemistry, some of them in a strong and diffuse manner. It is therefore crucial to be aware of diagnostic pitfalls when encountering cytokeratin positivity in superficial soft tissue neoplasms. This article provides an overview on the differential diagnosis of these mesenchymal tumours that can sporadically occur also in the skin, including myoepithelial neoplasms, epithelioid sarcoma, keratin positive giant cell tumour of soft tissue / xanthogranulomatous epithelial tumour, superficial CD34-positive fibroblastic tumour / PRDM10-rearranged soft tissue tumour, and perineurioma.
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- Vanghelita Andrei
- Bone Tumour Reference Centre, Institute of Medical Genetics and Pathology, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Schoenbeinstrasse 40, 4031 Basel, Switzerland
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- Bone Tumour Reference Centre, Institute of Medical Genetics and Pathology, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Schoenbeinstrasse 40, 4031 Basel, Switzerland
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- Bone Tumour Reference Centre, Institute of Medical Genetics and Pathology, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Schoenbeinstrasse 40, 4031 Basel, Switzerland.
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Kilic Bagir E, Acikalin A, Gonlusen G, Zorludemir S, Deveci MA. Hibrid periferik sinir kılıfı tümörleri. CUKUROVA MEDICAL JOURNAL 2019. [DOI: 10.17826/cumj.491823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Over the past three decades, Immunohistochemistry has materially changed the practice of diagnostic surgical pathology. Foundational observations in this field were critical to a reasoned assessment of both the risks and opportunities that immunohistochemistry afforded the surgical pathologist, and our current practice draws heavily on those early assessments. As we collectively look to and acknowledge those who recognized the value of this technique and who helped guide its development as a companion to (not a replacement for) histomorphologic evaluation, we are drawn to those whose mastery of detail and ability to draw common patterns from seemingly unrelated phenomena helped define the diagnostic power of immunohistochemistry. The focus of this review is on one individual, Dr. Juan Rosai, whose contributions transcend the simple linkage of molecular observations to morphology, recognizing novel patterns in both form and color (the latter often the lovely shades of diaminobenzidine), seemingly viewing our diagnostic world at times through an entirely different lens. By looking at Dr. Rosai's early work in this field, reviewing a selection of his seminal observations, particularly in the Immunohistochemistry of thyroid and thymic neoplasia, revisiting how his special insight is often guided by the work of the early masters of morphology, and how his mentorship of others has helped shaped academic surgical pathology practice, perhaps we can get a glimpse through that lens.
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- Paul E Swanson
- Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary Laboratory Services, Calgary, Alberta.
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We describe two examples of soft tissue perineurioma, a hard tumor, 1.7 cm in diameter, involving the dermis and superficial subcutaneous tissue of the left thumb, and the other a massive, lobulated lesion of the pelvis. Both occurred in 49-year-old men. Both were mobile and well demarcated but unencapsulated. Their cut surfaces were white and collagenous. Microscopically, each consisted of spindle-shaped or epithelioid tumor cells in a dense stroma of haphazardly oriented collagen bundles. Spindle-shaped cells were individually distributed, whereas epithelioid cells were often arranged in cords or clusters. Cytologic atypia was conspicuous in the massive tumor, but no mitotic activity was observed. Immunostains showed diffuse reactivity for vimentin, membrane pattern staining for epithelial membrane antigen and type IV collagen, as well as patchy CD34 reactivity. Stains for S-100 protein, Leu-7, smooth muscle actin, desmin, and cytokeratin were negative. Ultrastructural studies showed perineurial cell characteristics, including slender cytoplasmic processes, numerous pinocytotic vesicles, occasional tight junctions, and discontinuous surface basement membrane. Perineuriomas featuring marked stromal sclerosis often occur in the hands of young adults, as has recently been reported; the authors considered it a clinicopathologic variant. Herein we report two sclerotic perineuriomas, one a small tumor of the thumb and the other a centrally situated, massive pelvic tumor with sclerosis and degenerative cytologic atypia. We believe that exaggerated collagen deposition in perineuriomas, occasionally associated with degenerative nuclear changes, is not a manifestation of a unique, clinically relevant tumor variant but rather a manifestation of chronicity akin to that seen in “ancient schwannoma” and ‘atypical neurofibroma.’
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- Takanori Hirose
- Department of Pathology, Saitama Medical School, Morohongo 38, Moroyama, Saitama 350-0495, Japan
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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Toyoda T, Ochiai K, Ohashi K, Tomioka Y, Kimura T, Umemura T. Multiple Perineuriomas in Chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus). Vet Pathol 2016; 42:176-83. [PMID: 15753471 DOI: 10.1354/vp.42-2-176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Intraneural perineurioma is an extremely rare condition characterized by perineurial cell proliferation within peripheral nerve (PN) sheaths. In the veterinary field, this entity has been reported only in a dog. We examined multiple enlargements of PNs in 11 chickens ( Gallus gallus domesticus) (9 Japanese bantams and 2 specific pathogen-free White Leghorn), which were inoculated with an avian leukosis virus (ALV) causing so-called fowl glioma. All chickens clinically exhibited progressive leg paralysis. Lumbosacral plexus, brachial plexus, and/or spinal ganglion were commonly affected, and these nerves contained a diffuse proliferation of spindle cells arranged concentrically in characteristic onion bulb-like structures surrounded by residual axons and myelin sheaths. The spindle cells were immunohistochemically negative for S-100α/β protein. Electron microscopy revealed that these cells were characterized by short bipolar cytoplasmic processes, occasional cytoplasmic pinocytotic vesicles, and discontinuous basal laminae. These features are consistent with those of intraneural perineurioma. Furthermore, the specific sequence of the ALV was detected in the PN lesions of 8/11 (73%) birds by polymerase chain reaction. These results indicate that the multiple intraneural perineuriomas of chicken may be associated with the ALV-A causing fowl glioma.
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- T Toyoda
- Laboratory of Comparative Pathology, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0818, Japan
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Gaumond S, Poussange N, Fabre T, Vital A, Lepreux S. [Reticular perineurioma of the tibial nerve]. Ann Pathol 2016; 36:210-3. [PMID: 27210800 DOI: 10.1016/j.annpat.2016.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2015] [Revised: 10/02/2015] [Accepted: 01/31/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Reticular (retiform) perineurioma is a rare variant of soft tissue perineurioma developed from the perineurium. This benign tumor is characterized by strands of spindle cells in a fibro-myxoid matrix surrounding pseudocystic mucoid spaces. We report a tibial nerve reticular perineurioma in a 35-year-old patient.
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- Stéphanie Gaumond
- Service de pathologie, hôpital Pellegrin, CHU de Bordeaux, place Amélie-Raba-Léon, 33076 Bordeaux cedex, France
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- Service d'imagerie médicale, hôpital Pellegrin, CHU de Bordeaux, place Amélie-Raba-Léon, 33076 Bordeaux cedex, France
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- Service de chirurgie orthopédique, hôpital Pellegrin, CHU de Bordeaux, place Amélie-Raba-Léon, 33076 Bordeaux cedex, France
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- Service de pathologie, hôpital Pellegrin, CHU de Bordeaux, place Amélie-Raba-Léon, 33076 Bordeaux cedex, France
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- Service de pathologie, hôpital Pellegrin, CHU de Bordeaux, place Amélie-Raba-Léon, 33076 Bordeaux cedex, France.
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OBJECTIVE Primary ectopic meningioma is a rare tumor and is usually limited to the paravertebral soft tissues. The aim of this study was to assist in the diagnosis and treatment of the tumor. METHODS A 16-year-old boy presented with a nasal floor mass. The computed tomographic scan suggested a neoplastic mass lesion in the nasal floor region, and primary diagnosis is sebaceous cyst. The patient received a surgical resection, and the histologic examinations showed that the lesion was characterized with spindle cells. Immunohistochemical staining showed that the tumor cells presented intense reactivity for epithelial membrane antigen and vimentin. Histologic examination and immunohistochemical staining confirmed the diagnosis of extracranial ectopic meningioma. RESULTS The patient received a radical surgical and immediate restoration of adjacent flap, and the patient fully recovered 1 week later. CONCLUSIONS The case highlights the fact that despite its rarity, ectopic meningioma should be considered as a differential diagnosis of any mass lesion in the head and neck region, especially when spindle cells are histologically observed.
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Bonhomme B, Poussange N, Le Collen P, Fabre T, Vital A, Lepreux S. Périneuriome intraneural du nerf sciatique. Ann Pathol 2015; 35:502-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annpat.2015.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2015] [Revised: 07/31/2015] [Accepted: 09/30/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Sedassari BT, da Silva Lascane NA, Cury Gallottini MH, Orsini Machado de Sousa SC, Pinto Júnior DDS. Neuroblastoma-like schwannoma of the lower labial mucosa: a rare morphologic variant of peripheral nerve sheath tumor. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol 2014; 118:579-82. [DOI: 10.1016/j.oooo.2014.05.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2013] [Revised: 05/16/2014] [Accepted: 05/30/2014] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Barlow E, Davies AM, Cool WP, Barlow D, Mangham DC. Osteoid osteoma and osteoblastoma: novel histological and immunohistochemical observations as evidence for a single entity. J Clin Pathol 2013; 66:768-74. [DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2013-201492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Perineurial Cells in Granular Cell Tumors and Neoplasms With Perineural Invasion. Am J Dermatopathol 2012; 34:800-9. [DOI: 10.1097/dad.0b013e31824ba93b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Wludarski SCL, Leal IIR, Queiroz HF, da Cunha TMR, Bacchi CE. Ileal perineurioma as a cause of intussusception. SAO PAULO MED J 2011; 129:51-3. [PMID: 21437510 PMCID: PMC10865902 DOI: 10.1590/s1516-31802011000100010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2009] [Revised: 08/11/2009] [Accepted: 10/26/2010] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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CONTEXT Perineuriomas are rare tumors composed of cells resembling those of the normal perineurium. It usually occurs in subcutaneous, soft-tissue or intraneural locations. Very few reports in the literature have described perineuriomas in the gastrointestinal tract, including the stomach, colon and jejunum. CASE REPORT We report the clinicopathological and immunohistochemical features of a case of ileal perineurioma that was manifested clinically as intestinal obstruction due to intussusception. Ileal perineurioma has not previously been reported at this anatomical location.
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- MD. Pathologist, Hospital Regional da Asa Norte (HRAN), Brasília, Federal District, Brazil.
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- MD. Urologist, Hospital Regional da Asa Norte (HRAN), Brasília, Federal District, Brazil.
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- MD, PhD. Chief pathologist, Pathology Reference Laboratory, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Kubota Y, Yanai Y, Kumamaru W, Mori Y. Multiple schwannomas in the oral floor: case report. Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2010; 49:e33-5. [PMID: 20951478 DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2010.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2010] [Accepted: 09/15/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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We present a case of multiple schwannomas of the oral floor in a 62-year-old man, which met the diagnostic criteria of schwannomatosis.
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- Yasutaka Kubota
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Graduate School of Dental Science, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
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Hybrid peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the nasal cavity showing schwannomatous, neurofibromatous, and perineuriomatous areas. Med Mol Morphol 2010; 43:82-5. [PMID: 20683694 DOI: 10.1007/s00795-008-0418-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2008] [Accepted: 09/11/2008] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Soft tissue hybrid peripheral nerve sheath tumors (PNST), including schwannoma-perineurioma or neurofibroma-perineurioma, have recently been described. However, there are no reports on hybrid PNST arising in the nasopharyngeal area. In this article, we report such a case. A 58-year-old Japanese man presented with nasal obstruction and was found to have bilateral polypoid lesions in the middle meatus of the nose. Subsequently, nasal polypectomy was performed. Histologically, the tumor consisted of three components including schwannoma, neurofibroma, and perineurioma. Immunohistochemically, schwannoma, neurofibroma, and perineurioma components were positive for S-100 protein, CD34, and epithelial membrane antigen, respectively. In conclusion, this is the first case of hybrid PNST reported to occur in the nasopharyngeal area. Pathologists should be aware of the possibility that hybrid PNST may present outside soft tissue.
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Fox MD, Gleason BC, Thomas AB, Victor TA, Cibull TL. Extra-acral cutaneous/soft tissue sclerosing perineurioma: an under-recognized entity in the differential of CD34-positive cutaneous neoplasms. J Cutan Pathol 2010; 37:1053-6. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2010.01549.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Noonan VL, Greene DJ, Brodsky G, Kabani SP. Extraneural sclerosing perineurioma of the buccal mucosa: a case report and clinicopathologic review. Head Neck Pathol 2010; 4:169-73. [PMID: 20364337 PMCID: PMC2878626 DOI: 10.1007/s12105-010-0175-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2010] [Accepted: 03/20/2010] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The perineurioma is an infrequently encountered benign peripheral nerve sheath tumor composed of a clonal proliferation of perineurial cells. Rare cases of perineurioma have been reported in the oral cavity. An extraneural sclerosing perineurioma arising in the buccal mucosa of a 17-year-old male is presented. Histopathologically, the tumor is composed of a well circumscribed nodular proliferation of spindle cells arranged in a storiform growth pattern, in some areas subtly arranged around vascular channels. The tumor cells reveal positive immunostaining for epithelial membrane antigen (EMA), collagen type IV and vimentin, and negative immunostaining for S-100 protein, consistent with a perineurial origin. To the best of our knowledge, this case represents the first report of an extraneural sclerosing perineurioma involving the oral cavity.
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- Vikki L. Noonan
- Department of Pathology, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, 133 Brookline Ave., 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02215 USA
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- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Private Practice, Nashua, NH USA
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- Department of Pathology, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, 133 Brookline Ave., 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02215 USA
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- Department of Pathology, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, 133 Brookline Ave., 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02215 USA
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Hybrid peripheral nerve sheath tumors (PNSTs) are recently recognized, rarely reported entities. Very few hybrid PNSTs with elements of perineurioma have been reported. We report a case of a 47-year-old man who presented with multiple (>20) cutaneous nodules on all 4 extremities, present since childhood. The patient and his family had no history of other PNSTs, other neural-origin tumors, or genetic disorders, including neurofibromatosis. Five excised lesions are well circumscribed but unencapsulated nodular tumors composed of cytologically bland spindled cells with tapering nuclei and indistinct cytoplasm arranged in a storiform pattern in a collagenous matrix. Scattered among these cells are large granular eosinophilic cells. The spindled cells are epithelial membrane antigen-positive and S-100 protein negative. The cytoplasm of the granular cells contains abundant S-100 protein, NK1/C3, and CD68-positive granules. Sparse nerve fascicles contain neurofilament-positive axons. Each tumor also contains poorly marginated areas that histologically resemble pure granular cell tumor, and superficial biopsies of these tumors can histologically resemble pure granular cell tumors. Considering a Schwannian origin for both perineurial and granular cells can provide a logical explanation for the pathogenesis of this case. To the best of our knowledge, our case is the first report of multiple hybrid granular cell tumor-perineurioma.
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Ochi A, Ochiai K, Hatai H, Umemura T. Naturally Occurring Multiple Perineuriomas in a Chicken (Gallus domesticus). Vet Pathol 2008; 45:685-9. [DOI: 10.1354/vp.45-5-685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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A 2-year-old, male Japanese native fowl ( Gallus gallus domesticus) was presented with an inability to feed and torticollis. At a necropsy, there were cylindrical enlargements and yellow discoloration of multiple peripheral nerves, including nerves of the lumbosacral plexus, brachial plexus, and spinal ganglia. On histologic examination, these lesions consisted of diffuse proliferations of spindle cells with characteristic onion bulb-like structures around residual axons. The spindle cells were immunohistochemically positive for glucose transporter 1 (GLUT1) and negative for S-100 α/β proteins. On the basis of microscopic, histologic, and immunohistochemical findings, the tumors were diagnosed as multiple perineuriomas.
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- A. Ochi
- Laboratory of Comparative Pathology, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Comparative Pathology, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Comparative Pathology, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Comparative Pathology, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Primary extra cranial and extra spinal meningioma is rare and is usually limited to the head and neck region or to the paravertebral soft tissues. Histologic diagnosis (in particular for fresh specimens) is often difficult. A 16-year-old girl with a cervical mass is presented. It was a relatively large mass with an approximate diameter of 5 cm. It was diagnosed in fine needle aspiration as a pleomorphic adenoma. Intra-operative diagnosis was paraganglioma and frozen section suggested an infiltrative tumor. Histologically, the lesion showed uniform spindle cell proliferation separated by hyalinized collagen bundles. The cells were often arranged in sweeping fascicles and concentrically wrapped in tight whorls. Immunohistochemically, tumor cells were positive for epithelial membrane antigen and vimentin, while showing no reaction for cytokeratin, chromogranin, neuron-specific enolase and thyroglobulin. A diagnosis of ectopic meningioma was established based on microscopic appearance and immunohistochemical profile of the tumor. Despite its rarity, ectopic meningioma should be considered in differential diagnosis of any mass lesion in head and neck regions, containing spindle cells.
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Boyanton BL, Jones JK, Shenaq SM, Hicks MJ, Bhattacharjee MB. Intraneural perineurioma: a systematic review with illustrative cases. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2007; 131:1382-92. [PMID: 17824794 DOI: 10.5858/2007-131-1382-ipasrw] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/23/2007] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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CONTEXT Intraneural perineurioma may be confused with other "onion bulb" Schwann cell entities (localized hypertrophic neuropathy, reactive/demyelinating processes, or inherited polyneuropathies of Charcot-Marie-Tooth/Dejerine Sottas) due to similar clinical, radiologic, and histologic features. Perineurial and Schwann cells can only be differentiated by ultrastructure and immunohistochemsitry. OBJECTIVE To identify and summarize the clinicopathologic features of true cases of intraneural perineurioma from the English language literature. DATA SOURCES A systematic review was performed on definitive intraneural perineuriomas identified through Medline. Baylor College of Medicine-affiliated hospitals' anatomic pathology databases yielded 2 illustrative intraneural perineurioma cases. STUDY SELECTION Intraneural perineurioma inclusion criteria consisted of characteristic histology and confirmation of perineurial cell lineage by either immunohistochemistry (epithelial membrane antigen positive, S100 protein negative) and/or ultrastructural analysis (thin cytoplasmic processes with an incomplete basal lamina, poorly formed tight junctions, and pinocytotic vesicles). DATA EXTRACTION Clinicopathologic data were extracted from all identified articles, with subsequent statistical analysis of the following parameters: age, sex, race, tumor location, tumor size, duration of symptoms prior to diagnosis, treatment modalities and outcomes measures, follow-up assessment for tumor recurrence and metastasis, clinical features (history of trauma, motor/sensory abnormalities, clinical/family history), and diagnostic workup (routine histology, immunohistochemistry, ultrastructural analysis, and molecular/cytogenetic characteristics). CONCLUSIONS Intraneural perineurioma is a neoplastic proliferation of perineurial cells with unique immunohistochemistry and ultrastructural features, and it is distinct from other onion bulb Schwann cell-derived entities. Despite harboring molecular abnormalities of the long arm of chromosome 22, intraneural perineurioma has not been associated with neurofibromatosis. Intraneural perineurioma is a benign peripheral nerve sheath tumor that does not recur or metastasize.
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- Bobby L Boyanton
- Department of Clinical Pathology, William Beaumont Hospital, 3601 W Thirteen Mile Rd, Royal Oak, MI 48073, USA.
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Smith MEF, Awasthi R, O'Shaughnessy S, Fisher C. Evaluation of perineurial differentiation in epithelioid sarcoma. Histopathology 2005; 47:575-81. [PMID: 16324194 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2005.02298.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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AIMS To investigate the differentiation pattern of epithelioid sarcoma in terms of perineurial and endothelial differentiation, and its relationship to that of meningioma. METHODS AND RESULTS Nine cases of epithelioid sarcoma and five cases of meningioma were studied in an immunohistochemical analysis of 'perineurial' antigens [GLUT-1, claudin-1, epithelial membrane antigen (EMA) and VE-cadherin] and of 'endothelial' antigens not present on normal perineurium (CD34, CD31, Fli-1). Both epithelioid sarcoma and meningioma showed frequent expression of the perineurial markers GLUT-1, claudin-1 and EMA. VE-cadherin was identified in one of five meningiomas, and in the only case of epithelioid sarcoma in which suitably fixed material was available. CD34 was expressed by all epithelioid sarcomas studied but by none of the meningiomas. Fli-1 was present in a substantial majority of epithelioid sarcomas and by all the meningiomas. CD31 was not detected in any epithelioid sarcoma or meningioma. CONCLUSIONS The results were evaluated in the context of previous immunohistochemical, ultrastructural and genetic studies and suggest that epithelioid sarcoma may be a form of malignant perineurioma with a range of differentiation (epithelial features) akin to that seen in meningioma, reflecting the close relationship between perineurium and meningothelium.
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- M E F Smith
- Histopathology, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, London, UK.
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Mentzel T, Kutzner H. Reticular and plexiform perineurioma: clinicopathological and immunohistochemical analysis of two cases and review of perineurial neoplasms of skin and soft tissues. Virchows Arch 2005; 447:677-82. [PMID: 16133356 DOI: 10.1007/s00428-005-0057-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2005] [Accepted: 07/31/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Perineurioma represents a recently described and relatively rare neoplasm in the spectrum of benign peripheral nerve sheath tumours composed of perineurial cells staining immunohistochemically positive for epithelial membrane antigen (EMA). In addition to intraneural, extraneural and sclerosing perineurioma, rare variants of perineurioma may occur, and their knowledge is important in the differential diagnosis of mesenchymal tumours of different lines of differentiation and clinically more aggressive neoplasms. We present a case of deep-seated reticular perineurioma arising on the upper arm of a 34-year-old female and a case of a dermal plexiform perineurioma arising on the lower lip of a 60-year-old female. The diagnosis was confirmed in both cases immunohistochemically; neoplastic cells stained positively for EMA and for the newly described perineurial markers, claudin-1 and glut-1. The morphological spectrum and the differential diagnosis of perineurial neoplasms of skin and soft tissues are discussed.
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- Thomas Mentzel
- Dermatopathologische Gemeinschaftspraxis, Siemensstrasse 6/1, 88048, Friedrichshafen, Germany.
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Suster D, Plaza JA, Shen R. Low-grade malignant perineurioma (perineurial sarcoma) of soft tissue: a potential diagnostic pitfall on fine needle aspiration. Ann Diagn Pathol 2005; 9:197-201. [PMID: 16084452 DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2005.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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A case of low-grade malignant perineurioma presenting as a mass in the thigh is described. The patient was a 76-year-old woman with an enlarging painful mass on her right lateral thigh over the past 2 months. Thorough clinical and radiological studies did not reveal any evidence of tumor elsewhere. The patient underwent fine needle aspiration of the mass, which revealed pleomorphic spindle cells in small clusters or dispersed as single cells within myxoid stroma, cytologically consistent with a high-grade sarcoma. At surgery, the tumor was found to be entirely confined within the muscle. Grossly, the tumor measured 6.5 cm in greatest diameter and showed a gray-white fleshy cut surface that was well circumscribed but unencapsulated. Histologic examination showed a highly cellular spindle cell proliferation embedded within myxoid stroma. The tumor cells showed mild to moderate nuclear pleomorphism with minimal mitotic activity. No evidence of hemorrhage or necrosis was noted. The tumor irregularly invaded the surrounding skeletal muscle. Immunohistochemical studies showed weak membranous positivity for epithelial membrane antigen and focal cytoplasmic positivity for CD34; stains for smooth muscle actin, cytokeratin AE1/AE3, desmin, CD56, H-caldesmon, calponin, and S-100 protein were negative. Electron microscopy showed cells with thin, elongated cytoplasmic processes extending along connective tissue in a parallel, onion-like arrangement and prominent subplasmalemmal pinocytotic activity. The marked pleomorphism displayed on fine needle aspiration observed in this case can lead to a mistaken diagnosis of high-grade sarcoma resulting in unnecessarily aggressive management.
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- David Suster
- Division of Anatomic Pathology, Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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Wang Y, Yamada K, Tanaka Y, Ishikawa K, Inagaki N. Expression of ABCA2 protein in human vestibular schwannoma and peripheral nerve. J Neurol Sci 2005; 232:59-63. [PMID: 15850583 DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2005.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2004] [Revised: 01/18/2005] [Accepted: 01/20/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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ABCA2, which belongs to the A subclass of the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter superfamily, is predominantly expressed in the cytoplasm of oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells, the myelin-forming cells in brain and peripheral nerve, respectively. Here, we demonstrate by immunoblot and immunohistochemistry that ABCA2 is expressed in benign vestibular schwannomas, which contain neither axons nor compact myelin. The expression patterns of ABCA2 in combination with other markers showed phenotypic heterogeneity in schwannomas. The majority of cells in fascicular Antoni type A areas coexpressed ABCA2, Ca2+-binding protein S100beta, and p75 nerve growth factor receptor. In contrast, considerably varied expression levels of ABCA2 and p75 were more prominent in hypocellular type B areas than in type A areas. These data suggest that ABCA2 may be useful as a marker for cellular characterization of schwannomas.
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- Yan Wang
- Department of Physiology, Akita University School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita 010-8543, Japan
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Kazakov DV, Pitha J, Sima R, Vanecek T, Shelekhova K, Mukensnabl P, Michal M. Hybrid peripheral nerve sheath tumors: Schwannoma-perineurioma and neurofibroma-perineurioma. A report of three cases in extradigital locations. Ann Diagn Pathol 2005; 9:16-23. [PMID: 15692946 DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2004.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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We present three cases of subcutaneous tumors with hybrid features of schwannoma-perineurioma (one case) and neurofibroma-perineurioma (two cases), which occurred in two women aged 50 and 52 years and one man aged 52. Locations included the scapular area, skin overlying breast and knee area. The tumors were 1.5, 4 and 5 cm in largest diameter. None of the patients had signs of neurofibromatosis. All tumors were surgically removed, and patients remained disease-free for 1 to 4 years. The classification of the lesion into schwannoma-perineurioma and neurofibroma-perineurioma rested on histopathological and immunohistochemical findings. An ultrastructural study was performed in one case of neurofibroma-perineurioma. All cases were studied for mutation of the NF2 gene, and in one case (neurofibroma-perineurioma) a point mutation was detected in exon 15 of the gene.
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- Dmitry V Kazakov
- Sikl's Department of Pathology, Charles University, Medical Faculty Hospital, 30460 Pilsen, Czech Republic
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Intraneural perineurioma is a rare peripheral nerve sheath tumor consisting of intraneural proliferation of neoplastic perineurial cells. Clinical and pathological findings of a perineurioma involving the ulnar nerve is presented. A 7-year-old girl presented with a 2 year history of weakness and atrophy of the right hand muscles. Physical examination and imaging study revealed a pea-sized tumor in the ulnar side of the right forearm. At surgery, a fusiform swelling of the ulnar nerve was found and an excisional biopsy of the lesion was performed. Light microscopy revealed numerous whorls consisting of concentric layers of spindle cells encircling the nerve fibers. The proliferating cells were immunoreactive for vimentin, epithelial membrane antigen and glucose transporter protein 1 (Glut1), but negative for S-100 protein and CD34. Ultrastructural examination revealed features of perineurial cell differentiation. The current study suggests that Glut1 is a useful marker of intraneural perineurioma.
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- Shuji Hamazaki
- Department of Pathology, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan.
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Chijiwa K, Uchida K, Tateyama S. Immunohistochemical evaluation of canine peripheral nerve sheath tumors and other soft tissue sarcomas. Vet Pathol 2004; 41:307-18. [PMID: 15232130 DOI: 10.1354/vp.41-4-307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Seventeen cases of canine peripheral nerve sheath tumors (PNSTs), 11 malignant PNSTs (MPNSTs), and six benign PNSTs (BPNSTs) were examined. The prognosis in five of six dogs with BPNSTs was excellent, whereas all dogs with MPNSTs died within 2 years after the last surgical resection. One BPNST formed a recurrent mass with features of a MPNST. Histopathologically, the predominant tumor cell of MPNSTs was either spindle or round in shape with epithelioid characteristics. Other atypical cells had abundant granular cytoplasm or were multinucleated giant cells with periodic acid-Schiff-positive cytoplasmic globules. Furthermore, two MPNSTs contained cartilaginous and osseous metaplasia. On the contrary, most BPNSTs exhibited typical features of schwannoma or neurofibroma, whereas two BPNSTs had atypical morphology. One BPNST consisted of epithelioid cell proliferation with some tumor cells revealing nuclear atypia. Immunohistochemically, the expression of vimentin (100%), S-100 (73%), nerve growth factor receptor (NGFR, 64%), and myoglobin (64%) was commonly found in MPNSTs. The two BPNSTs with atypical histologic appearances were positive for vimentin, S-100, NGFR, and neuron-specific enolase, and one of these had moderate immunoreactivity for cytokeratin. Most BPNSTs were positive for glial fibrillary acidic protein, as well as S-100 and NGFR. Although most rhabdomyosarcomas (RMSs) and canine hemangiopericytomas (CHPs) also showed focal immunoreactivity for S-100, most RMSs were intensely positive for myoglobin and negative for NGFR. Most CHPs (80%) exhibited focal alpha-smooth muscle actin (alpha-SMA) expression, whereas all PNSTs were negative. These results indicate that immunohistochemistry for NGFR and alpha-SMA might be useful for differentiating canine PNSTs from RMSs or CHPs, respectively.
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- K Chijiwa
- Department of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Miyazaki University, Japan
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Michal M, Kazakov DV, Belousova I, Bisceglia M, Zamecnik M, Mukensnabl P. A benign neoplasm with histopathological features of both schwannoma and retiform perineurioma (benign schwannoma-perineurioma): a report of six cases of a distinctive soft tissue tumor with a predilection for the fingers. Virchows Arch 2004; 445:347-53. [PMID: 15322875 DOI: 10.1007/s00428-004-1102-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2004] [Accepted: 07/20/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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We present six cases of a distinctive soft tissue tumor which occurred in five women and one man. None of the patients had signs of neurofibromatosis. All tumors occurred on the fingers ( n=5) or the thenar eminence of the hand ( n=1). The mean age of the patients was 33 years. The tumors were 1-2.5 cm in diameter (mean size 1.6 cm). Three patients with follow-up were without signs of recurrence or metastasis. Microscopically the lesions were nonencapsulated and featured a multilobular architecture and both myxoid and pseudocystic change. The lobules varied in size and shape and were separated by variably thickened, dense, sclerotic/collagenous septae. The lobules were composed of two components: schwannomatous and perineuriomatous. The schwannomatous component was immunohistochemically S-100 protein positive and CD34 and EMA negative, and the perineuriomatous component had the appearance of retiform perineurioma. The perineurial parts were mostly S-100 protein and CD34 negative and EMA positive. These two components either formed separate nodules or the schwannomatous tissue surrounded the perineurial parts located in the centers of the lobules. We interpreted the lesions as hybrid tumors with features of schwannoma and retiform perineurioma.
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- Michal Michal
- Sikl's Department of Pathology, Charles University, Medical Faculty Hospital, Alej Svobody 80, 30460 Pilsen, Czech Republic.
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Tumors of peripheral nerve origin are usually slow growing and minimally symptomatic, making differentiation from other soft tissue neoplasms difficult. Yet failure to recognize a nerve tumor may result in irreversible loss of neurologic function. This article provides current information on the history, pathologic identification, and treatment of upper extremity nerve tumors. Other neoplastic and tumor-like lesions that occur within the peripheral nerve are also considered.
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- Christopher L Forthman
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Zamecnik M, Michal M, Baumruk L, Mukensnabl P. Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans with EMa+ cells. Report of a case suggesting perineurial cell differentiation. Pathol Res Pract 2003; 198:767-74; discussion 775. [PMID: 12530581 DOI: 10.1078/0344-0338-00334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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A case of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) with epithelial membrane antigen (EMA)-positive cells is described. The tumor was excised from the left groin of a 28-year-old woman. It showed characteristic histologic features of DFSP with typical diffuse immunohistochemical positivity for CD34. Moreover, scattered neoplastic cells expressed EMA, suggesting perineural cell differentiation. Ultrastructural study found perineurial cell features, such as thin long bipolar cytoplasmic processes, pinocytotic vesicles, fragments of external lamina and/or external lamina-like material, attachment plaques, and desmosome-like junctions. This observation, together with previous immunohistochemical findings of EMA-positive cells in a subset of DFSPs, strongly suggests perineurial cell differentiation in these tumors. DFSP should be included in the differential diagnosis of EMA-positive spindle cell lesions of superficial soft tissue and skin.
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- Michal Zamecnik
- Sikl's Department of Pathology, Faculty Hospital, Charles University, Pilsen, Czech Republic.
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Hirose T, Tani T, Shimada T, Ishizawa K, Shimada S, Sano T. Immunohistochemical demonstration of EMA/Glut1-positive perineurial cells and CD34-positive fibroblastic cells in peripheral nerve sheath tumors. Mod Pathol 2003; 16:293-8. [PMID: 12692193 DOI: 10.1097/01.mp.0000062654.83617.b7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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To clarify the cellular composition of various peripheral nerve tumorous lesions (traumatic neuroma, 5 cases; schwannoma, 10 cases; neurofibroma, 14 cases; perineurioma, 3 cases; conventional malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST), 7 cases; perineurial MPNST, 4 cases), expression of several markers specific to nerve sheath cells, including glucose transporter protein 1 (Glut1) and CD34, were immunohistochemically investigated with highly sensitive detection methods. In normal nerves and neuromas, perineuriums were positive for Glut1 as well as for epithelial membrane antigen (EMA), and there were some CD34-positive fibroblast-like cells in the endoneurium. Schwannomas consisted principally of S-100 protein-positive Schwann cells, whereas a few CD34-positive fibroblastic cells were present in Antoni B areas. Neurofibromas and conventional MPNST exhibited a mixed proliferation of S-100 protein-, EMA/Glut1-, and CD34-positive cells, indicating a heterogeneous composition of the constituents. The catalyzed signal amplification (CSA) system demonstrated more numerous EMA-positive perineurial cells in neurofibromas than did the ENVISION+ method. Perineurial cell tumors (benign and malignant) were composed of EMA/Glut1-positive and S-100 protein-negative tumor cells. The present study confirmed the characteristic cellular composition to each nerve sheath tumor immunohistochemically and showed the usefulness of the nerve sheath cell markers. Glut1 as well as EMA are specific to perineurial cells, and CD34 seems to be immunoreactive to endoneurial fibroblasts.
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- Takanori Hirose
- Department of Pathology, Saitama Medical School, Saitama, Japan. thirose@saitma
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Balarezo FS, Muller RC, Weiss RG, Brown T, Knibbs D, Joshi VV. Soft tissue perineuriomas in children: report of three cases and review of the literature [corrected]. Pediatr Dev Pathol 2003; 6:137-41. [PMID: 12545405 DOI: 10.1007/s10024-001-0119-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2001] [Accepted: 09/29/2002] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Perineuriomas (PN) are uncommon, slowly growing, usually benign tumors composed of well-differentiated perineural cells. Two variants are recognized: intraneural perineuriomas and soft tissue perineurioma, which includes a sclerosing subset of tumors. They are usually reported in the adult population. We present three cases of soft tissue perineuriomas in children. One was located in the deep soft tissue of the retroperitoneum in a 14-year-old girl, the second one in the left thumb of a 14-year-old boy, and the third one in the index finger of a 16-year-old boy. This report, which describes the clinicopathologic, immunohistochemical, and ultrastructural features of these tumors, should alert pathologists to the occurrence of perineuriomas in children. A review of the English language literature on perineuriomas in children is also included.
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- Fabiola S Balarezo
- Department of Pathology, Hartford Hospital, 80 Seymour Street, Hartford, CT 06102, USA.
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Folpe AL, Billings SD, McKenney JK, Walsh SV, Nusrat A, Weiss SW. Expression of claudin-1, a recently described tight junction-associated protein, distinguishes soft tissue perineurioma from potential mimics. Am J Surg Pathol 2002; 26:1620-6. [PMID: 12459629 DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200212000-00010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Perineuriomas are rare benign soft tissue tumors having an immunophenotype paralleling the normal perineurial cell [S-100 protein negative and epithelial membrane antigen (EMA) positive]. Because EMA expression in perineuriomas may be focal and/or faint, there is continued interest in the development of new markers of perineurial differentiation. Perineurial cells differ from almost all other mesenchymal cell types by virtue of their formation of tight junctions. In the course of evaluating a group of novel tight junction-associated proteins, we noted high levels of expression of claudin-1 by normal perineurial cells and have systematically extended these observations to perineuriomas. Twelve EMA-positive/S-100-negative perineuriomas were retrieved from our consultation archives and compared with 39 tumors in the differential diagnosis of perineurioma (seven dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans, eight low-grade fibromyxoid sarcomas, three desmoplastic fibroblastomas, seven fibromatoses, nine neurofibromas, and five schwannomas). All cases were immunostained for claudin-1 using standard avidin-biotin technique. Cases were scored as 3+ (>50% positive cells), 2+ (25-50% positive cells), and 1+ (5-24% positive cells). In all cases positive internal controls in the form of epithelium, normal perineurium, or endothelial cells were present. Positive staining for claudin-1 was visualized in a distinctly particulate pattern along the cell membrane. Cytoplasmic staining was infrequent and was not scored as positive. Claudin-1 expression was present in 11 of 12 (92%) perineuriomas studied (seven at 3+, three at 2+, and one at 1+). In all but two cases, the degree of claudin expression was equal to or greater than the corresponding EMA immunostain. Claudin-1 expression was not noted in any cases of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans, low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma, desmoplastic fibroblastoma, or fibromatosis. Six of nine cases of neurofibroma contained a significant number of claudin-1-positive cells that were thought to be perineurial in origin, based on the staining of long, delicate cytoplasmic processes. One of four schwannomas contained a subpopulation of perivascular, dendritic, claudin-1-positive cells of presumed perineurial lineage. This is the first study to document expression of claudin-1 in perineurial cells and suggests a role for claudin-1 immunohistochemistry in the diagnosis of perineuriomas. Although claudin-1 should not replace EMA in the diagnosis of perineurioma, we think that it may play a valuable adjunctive role in difficult cases. In particular, claudin-1 is often a more robust marker than EMA in a given perineurioma. Claudin-1 is not expressed within the lesional cells of the mesenchymal tumors that enter into the differential diagnosis of perineurioma.
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- Andrew L Folpe
- H-175 Department of Pathology, Emory University, 1364 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
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Zamecnik M, Michal M. Perineurial cell differentiation in neurofibromas. Report of eight cases including a case with composite perineurioma-neurofibroma features. Pathol Res Pract 2002; 197:537-44. [PMID: 11518046 DOI: 10.1078/0344-0338-00124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Among 99 cases of neurofibroma (NF), eight tumors (8%) contained epithelial membrane antigen (EMA)-positive perineurial cells inside the lesions. These cells were numerous and represented a significant part of the tumor cell population. In case 7, EMA-positive cells represented approximately half of the tumor. These patients' ages ranged from 23 to 73 years (average 51 years). Six patients were females and two were males. Neurofibromatosis type 1 was present in one case. The histological types of neurofibromas with EMA-positive cells were as follows: cutaneous, well-circumscribed, localized type in four cases; cutaneous diffuse type in one case; subcutaneous, well-circumscribed type in two cases; and subcutaneous plexiform type in one case. Perineurial cell differentiation was suspected by examining routinely stained sections in four cases; it was unsuspected in four cases. The perineurial cells were arranged in a pattern similar to that of "pure" perineurioma. They possessed thin bipolar processes and were arranged in laminar fascicles and whorls. In cellular areas, the cytoplasm was more eosinophilic and cell borders were poorly visible. In contrast, when the stroma was myxoid, it accentuated the shape of individual cells. As these morphological features of perineurial cell differentiation in NF are not entirely specific, EMA staining is recommended to prove the perineurial cell differentiation in neurofibromas. An additional immunohistochemical result of this study is the presence of numerous CD34-positive cells in all neurofibromas, which is similar to previous studies.
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- M Zamecnik
- Department of Pathology, Slovak Postgraduate Academy of Medicine, Derer's Faculty Hospital, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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Burgues O, Monteagudo C, Noguera R, Revert A, Molina I, Llombart-Bosch A. Cutaneous sclerosing Pacinian-like perineurioma. Histopathology 2001; 39:498-502. [PMID: 11737308 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.2001.01251.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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AIMS The term perineurioma has been used to designate a variety of clinically and histologically different proliferations of perineurial cells based on immunohistochemical and/or ultrastructural characterization. There are two different groups of neoplasms derived from perineurial cells: extraneural or soft tissue perineuriomas, and intraneural perineuriomas. Recently, a sclerosing variant of cutaneous perineurioma has been described. METHODS AND RESULTS We report a case of a cutaneous form of perineurioma, combining features of the intraneural and sclerosing varieties, as well as showing a Pacinian pattern of growth. In order to assess the neoplastic nature of the lesion, we performed fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH) analysis using a probe which maps to the chromosome band 22q11 and 22q13, allowing us to show deletion or loss of one chromosome 22 in the tumour cells. CONCLUSIONS This case may be considered a new variant of perineurioma with Pacinian-like features, for which we propose the designation 'sclerosing Pacinian-like perineurioma'.
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- O Burgues
- Department of Pathology, Hospital Clínico Universitario, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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Skelton HG, Williams J, Smith KJ. The clinical and histologic spectrum of cutaneous fibrous perineuriomas. Am J Dermatopathol 2001; 23:190-6. [PMID: 11391098 DOI: 10.1097/00000372-200106000-00005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Cutaneous fibrous perineuriomas (CFPs) and the closely related sclerotic perineuriomas are recently reported tumors. We present nine additional cases of CFPs. All tumors were small nodules on the extremities; however, they were not limited to a distal acral location as previously reported. In addition to tabulation of the histologic features, we performed a battery of immunohistochemical stains, including S-100 protein, CD34, cytokeratin, epithelial membrane antigen (EMA), KP-1, and collagen type IV. Histologically, these tumors presented with sharp circumscription of their deep aspect, as previously reported, or were not circumscribed on any side. The cells ranged from plump and spindled with one or more nuclei to thin, elongated, spindled cells with slender nuclei. A variably fibrotic stromal matrix surrounded these components. Immunohistochemical staining showed EMA-positive staining of the cellular component, with collagen type IV-positive staining surrounding the cells. The tumor cells were negative for S-100 protein, factor XIIIa, CD34, cytokeratin, and KP-1. The tumors reported here add to the clinical and histopathologic spectrum of CFPs.
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- H G Skelton
- National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Graadt van Roggen JF, McMenamin ME, Belchis DA, Nielsen GP, Rosenberg AE, Fletcher CD. Reticular perineurioma: a distinctive variant of soft tissue perineurioma. Am J Surg Pathol 2001; 25:485-93. [PMID: 11257623 DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200104000-00008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Soft tissue perineurioma is a relatively recently characterized, uncommon tumor composed of perineurial cells exhibiting immunoreactivity for epithelial membrane antigen (EMA). These lesions occur preferentially in adults and may arise in a wide variety of anatomic sites. We report the clinicopathologic, immunohistochemical, and ultrastructural features of six cases of a poorly recognized morphologic variant of soft tissue perineurioma, characterized by a highly distinctive reticular growth pattern. Four of the patients were women, two were men (age range, 34-61 yrs; median, 43 yrs). Four of the cases arose in the subcutis of the upper extremity; three were located distally (thumb, finger, palm), whereas one was situated more proximally near the elbow region. One case each was located in the gingiva and subcutaneous tissue of the inguinal region, respectively. In those cases in which clinical information was available (n = 5), the lesions were asymptomatic and had been present from 4 months to 10 years before resection. Tumor size ranged from 1.5 cm to 10 cm (median size, 4.25 cm). Microscopically the lesions demonstrated a predominantly lace-like or reticular growth pattern composed of anastomosing cords of fusiform cells with bipolar cytoplasmic processes and palely eosinophilic cytoplasm. Nuclei were centrally placed, ovoid to fusiform in shape, and no mitoses were seen. Transition to more cellular areas was focally present in all cases. The stroma was variably collagenous to myxoid. Immunohistochemically all six cases stained positively for EMA but not for S-100 protein. Two cases demonstrated focal positive cytoplasmic staining for cytokeratin, whereas one case was focally desmin positive. Ultrastructural examination of two tumors showed typical features of perineurial cells. Follow up (available in only two cases) showed no evidence of recurrence. Reticular perineurioma of soft tissue represents an unusual morphologic variant within the perineurioma group, which should be distinguished from myoepithelial tumors, extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma, and myxoid synovial sarcoma.
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- J F Graadt van Roggen
- Departments of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Robson AM, Calonje E. Cutaneous perineurioma: a poorly recognized tumour often misdiagnosed as epithelioid histiocytoma. Histopathology 2000; 37:332-9. [PMID: 11012740 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.2000.00987.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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AIMS Eleven cases of cutaneous perineurioma were studied to further characterize the histological features of this entity. METHODS AND RESULTS The histological and immunocytochemical features of 11 cases of cutaneous perineurioma were studied and detailed by two pathologists. Clinical data were obtained from the referring clinician. Seven patients were female and four were male with ages ranging from 19 to 67 years (median 41 years). Six lesions arose on the leg. Macroscopically lesions ranged from 4 mm to 14 mm in maximum diameter (median 7 mm). Diagnostic histological features included a nonencapsulated but sharply demarcated tumour with a dumbbell architecture. The tumour cells were spindle-shaped with delicate inconspicuous cytoplasm and arranged in sheets, whorls or with a vague fascicular pattern. Epithelioid cells with moderate amounts of eosinophilic cytoplasm were frequently admixed with the spindle cells. One tumour had trabeculae of cells embedded within a dense collagenous stroma as described in sclerosing perineurioma. One case displayed a prominent myxoid stroma. Three further cases contained small foci of fibrosis or myxoid change suggesting a morphological spectrum exists in cutaneous perineurioma. Mitoses were exceptionally rare and necrosis and significant cytonuclear pleomorphism was not found. All tumours were epithelial membrane antigen (EMA) positive. Six cases showed focal positivity for factor XIIIa. Follow-up ranged from 5 months to 6 years (median 1 years). No tumour recurred or metastasized. CONCLUSIONS The histological appearance of this tumour is broader than hitherto realized. Several cases in this series were misdiagnosed histologically and cutaneous perineuriomas may be more common than currently appreciated.
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- A M Robson
- Nuffield Department of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, and Department of Dermatopathology, St John's Institute of Dermatology, St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK
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Karaki S, Mochida J, Lee YH, Nishimura K, Tsutsumi Y. Low-grade malignant perineurioma of the paravertebral column, transforming into a high-grade malignancy. Pathol Int 1999; 49:820-5. [PMID: 10504555 DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.1999.00948.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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A demarcated 6 x 5 cm right paravertebral tumor at the level of T6 in a 39-year-old male was removed surgically. Histologically, the tumor consisted of monomorphous benign-looking, low-cellular spindle cells embedded in desmoplastic stroma. Ten years later, the tumor recurred locally with metastasis to systemic organs, including the occipital skin. Malignancy was histologically evident by the increased cellularity, cellular atypia and mitotic activity. The patient died of respiratory failure at the age of 49. Retrospectively reviewed, the primary lesion was low-grade fibrosarcoma-like spindle cell tumor, with secondary transformation into a highly malignant form. The differential diagnoses included sclerosing epithelioid fibrosarcoma, low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma and malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor. Immunohistochemically, the spindle cells in the primary and recurrent tumors consistently expressed epithelial membrane antigen, vimentin, type 4 collagen and laminin. The tumor cells in the present case showed a differentiation toward perineurial cells, which are normally positive for these immunohistochemical markers. Hence, the appropriate diagnostic term should be 'malignant perineurioma', a subtype of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor.
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- S Karaki
- Departments of Orthopedic Surgery, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan
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Smith PG, Fan Q, Zhang R, Warn JD. Cellular terrain surrounding sympathetic nerve pathways in the rat orbit: comparisons of orbital connective tissue and smooth muscle cell phenotypes. J Comp Neurol 1998; 400:529-43. [PMID: 9786413 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19981102)400:4<529::aid-cne7>3.0.co;2-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Sympathetic axons are abundant within some orbital tissues but are absent from others. This study investigated cellular phenotypes of tissues containing sympathetic nerves en passage and compared these with phenotypes in regions devoid of sympathetic nerves and with smooth muscle targets. Two primary orbital smooth muscle targets, the tarsal muscle and orbital muscle, contained many synaptophysin-immunoreactive nerves. Target cells had ultrastructural features typical of smooth muscle and were immunoreactive for alpha-smooth muscle actin, smooth muscle myosin heavy chain, desmin, vinculin, and laminin, but not non-muscle myosin, vimentin, fibronectin, or type IV collagen; nerve growth factor (NGF) mRNA was detected by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. Periorbital sheath devoid of sympathetic nerves contained elongated fibroblasts that were immunoreactive for vimentin, non-muscle myosin, and fibronectin, but not for alpha-smooth muscle actin, smooth muscle myosin heavy chain, vinculin, desmin, laminin, or type IV collagen, and did not express NGF mRNA. Regions of periorbital sheath containing sympathetic nerves had few synaptophysin-immunoreactive varicosities. Cells in this region contained myofilaments, ribosomes, and rough endoplasmic reticulum and were larger than tarsal muscle cells. They expressed NGF mRNA and showed a unique immunophenotype, reacting for vimentin, alpha-smooth muscle actin and myosin heavy chain, desmin, vinculin, laminin, and type IV collagen. This phenotype reflects both fibroblast and smooth muscle features similar to myofibroblasts or transdifferentiated smooth muscle described in other tissues. The spatial association between these cells and sympathetic nerves suggests that they may be involved in axon guidance or maintenance.
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- P G Smith
- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology and R.L. Smith Mental Retardation Research Center, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, 66160-7401, USA.
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Hirose T, Scheithauer BW, Sano T. Perineurial malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST): a clinicopathologic, immunohistochemical, and ultrastructural study of seven cases. Am J Surg Pathol 1998; 22:1368-78. [PMID: 9808129 DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199811000-00007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Most malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNST) are schwannian in nature. The pathologic features of MPNST with perineurial cell differentiation remain to be characterized. To determine the clinicopathologic, immunohistochemical, and ultrastructural characteristics of perineurial MPNST, 121 MPNST from the Mayo Clinic Tissue Registry were examined. Of these 23 spindle cell tumors with long processes disposed in whorls or storiform patterns, features typical of perineurioma, were studied. On the basis of immunohistochemistry (epithelial membrane antigen+/S-100-), 5 perineurial MPNST were identified among 23 tumors selected. These and two previously characterized perineurial MPNST are the subject of this study. None of seven tumors was associated with NF-1. Patients included five males and two females ranging in age from 11 to 83 years (mean, 45.7 years). The tumors measured 1.5 to 30 cm (mean, 9.1 cm) and arose in the extremities (two), trunk (two), face (one), mediastinum (one), and retroperitoneum (one). Only one tumor was nerve associated (phrenic nerve). All tumors were surgically removed. No encapsulation or neurofibroma components were noted. Necrosis was seen in three lesions. Four tumors were classified as high-grade malignant and three as low grade. Mitotic indices varied from 1 to 85/10 high-power fields (median, 16). Immunoreactivities included epithelial membrane antigen (100%), vimentin (100%), Leu-7 (57%), and CD34 (14%). Stains for S-100 protein, muscle markers, and cytokeratin were nonreactive. Ultrastructurally, perineurial-like cells were noted in three tumors and cells intermediate between perineurial and Schwann cells in one. Four tumors recurred and two metastasized; no deaths of disease were noted at follow-ups of 28 to 98 months (mean, 66.9). In conclusion, 4% of MPNST show perineurial cell differentiation. An NF-1 association has yet to be described. Nerve involvement is infrequent. Their immunophenotype (epithelial membrane antigen+/S-100-) frequently indicates ultrastructural perineurial differentiation. The prognosis of perineural MPNST appears to be more favorable than that of conventional MPNST.
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- T Hirose
- First Department of Pathology, University of Tokushima School of Medicine, Japan
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Smith ME, Brown JI, Fisher C. Epithelioid sarcoma: presence of vascular-endothelial cadherin and lack of epithelial cadherin. Histopathology 1998; 33:425-31. [PMID: 9839166 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.1998.00544.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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AIMS To evaluate the pattern of cadherin expression in epithelioid sarcoma. METHODS AND RESULTS Seven epithelioid sarcomas were immunostained by a polyclonal antibody that detects all cadherin subtypes and by monoclonal antibodies that detect epithelial cadherin (E-cadherin) and vascular-endothelial cadherin (VE cadherin). In addition, the tumours were immunostained for a variety of epithelial (cytokeratin, EMA, AUA1) and endothelial (Factor VIII-related antigen, CD34, CD31) markers. Tumours cells of all seven epithelioid sarcomas expressed cadherins. Surprisingly, E-cadherin was not detected in any of the sarcomas. VE-cadherin was detected in five of seven cases. All seven tumours expressed cytokeratins and EMA but none expressed AUA1. CD34 was detected in six of seven cases and CD31 was detected in a single case. No case expressed Factor VIII-related antigen. CONCLUSIONS Most epithelioid sarcomas strongly express cadherins, a feature which may contribute to their epithelioid appearance. The absence of detectable E-cadherin suggests that epithelial differentiation in these tumours is, at most, incomplete. The expression of VE-cadherin by the majority of cases, in the absence of E-cadherin, is consistent with an element of mesenchymal differentiation, possibly endothelial or perineurial. The additional presence of other markers such as CD34 and CD31 in some cases favours endothelial differentiation.
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- M E Smith
- Department of Histopathology, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, London, UK
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Kamoshida S, Tsutsumi Y. Expression of MUC-1 glycoprotein in plasma cells, follicular dendritic cells, myofibroblasts and perineurial cells: immunohistochemical analysis using three monoclonal antibodies. Pathol Int 1998; 48:776-85. [PMID: 9788261 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1998.tb03837.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Normal and malignant plasma cells (PC), follicular dendritic cells (FDC), myofibroblasts (MFB) and perineurial cells (PNC) were investigated for the expression of MUC-1 glycoprotein (MUC-1gp) by immunohistochemical and immunoelectron microscopic techniques using monoclonal antibodies E29, 115D8, DF3 and a combination of the three. MUC-1 glycoprotein-positive PC detected by the combined antibodies were frequently seen in a variety of pathological lesions tested, including chronic cervicitis, chronic synovitis, Hodgkin's disease, allergic rhinitis and sinusitis, tuberculous lymphadenitis, foreign body granuloma, multiple myeloma, and chronic tonsillitis. In the lesions containing MUC-1gp-positive PC, the infiltration of immunoglobulin (Ig) E PC and/or IgE-bound mast cells was significantly increased, but MUC-1gp-positive PC did not contain any specific immunoglobulin heavy or light chains. The findings suggest that the expression of MUC-1 gp in PC, although not restricted to IgE-class cells, may be induced in an allergic status. Plasma cells and PNC mainly reacted with the antibodies E29 and 115D8, while FDC and MFB were principally reactive with the antibody DF3. In some cases of multiple myeloma, the neoplastic PC were predominantly immunoreactive with DF3. The results indicate: (i) the epitopic variability of MUC-1gp molecules expressed on the non-epithelial cells; and (ii) the epitopic alterations during malignant transformation. It should also be noted that the expression of MUC-1gp in the non-epithelial cells represents a pitfall in histopathological diagnosis.
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- S Kamoshida
- Division of Pathology, Isehara Kyodo Hospital, Japan
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Tumors of perineurial origin are rare. Three variants of perineuriomas have been described, a storiform perineurial fibroma, an intraneural perineurioma, and a recently described sclerosing perineurioma. We present two patients with cutaneous fibrous perineurioma located in acral areas. Both tumors had a deep circumscribed margin with a prominent vascular component. They contained small round cells and spindle cells that express EMA and show membrane staining for type IV collagen. Cutaneous fibrous perineuriomas fit within the spectrum of neurocristicly derived cellular proliferations.
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- K Smith
- National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland 20889-5600, USA
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Smith ME, Jones TA, Hilton D. Vascular endothelial cadherin is expressed by perineurial cells of peripheral nerve. Histopathology 1998; 32:411-3. [PMID: 9639115 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.1998.00410.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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AIMS To study the distribution of vascular endothelial (VE) cadherin in peripheral nerves. METHODS AND RESULTS Using two monoclonal antibodies that detect VE-cadherin (TEA1.31 and 7B4) an immunohistochemical study of VE-cadherin expression in five common peroneal nerve biopsies and five skin specimens containing small peripheal nerves was performed. VE-cadherin was consistently expressed by the perineurium of nerves but not by other nerve elements such as Schwann cells or axons. CONCLUSION This report indicates that VE-cadherin is not. as was previously thought, a specific marker of endothelial cells and further defines the phenotype of the perineurial cell. The established role of VE-cadherin in controlling the permeability of vascular endothelium suggests that this molecule may have a similar role in the perineurium. VE-cadherin may therefore be important in the maintenance of the blood-nerve barrier, the peripheral nerve equivalent of the blood-brain barrier.
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- M E Smith
- Department of Histopathology, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK
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Fetsch JF, Miettinen M. Sclerosing perineurioma: a clinicopathologic study of 19 cases of a distinctive soft tissue lesion with a predilection for the fingers and palms of young adults. Am J Surg Pathol 1997; 21:1433-42. [PMID: 9414186 DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199712000-00005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 183] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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This report describes 19 cases of a distinctive sclerosing perineurial tumor of the hands. Fourteen patients were male and five were female (age range 9-55 years; median age 24.5 years). The process typically presented as a painless mass and was present from 6 months to 40 years before resection. Sites of involvement were the thumb (n = 6); index (n = 3), middle (n = 4), and ring (n = 4) fingers; and the palm (n = 2). The lesions were generally well marginated but nonencapsulated. They had a firm, fibrous consistency and ranged in size from 0.7 to 3.3 cm in maximum dimension. Microscopic examination showed abundant dense collagen and variable numbers of small, epithelioid, and spindled cells exhibiting corded, trabecular, and whorled (onion bulblike) growth patterns. Immunoreactivity was present for epithelial membrane antigen (15 of 15); a cytokeratin cocktail containing AE1, AE3, and CK1 (four of 14); CAM 5.2 (one of 12); vimentin (12 of 12); muscle-specific actin (nine of 14); alpha-smooth muscle actin (six of 14); collagen IV (six of six); laminin (five of six); and CD99 (three of five). Ultrastructural features consistent with perineurial cells were noted. All of the lesions were locally excised. Follow-up was obtained for seven patients, with mean and median follow-up intervals of 12 years 7 months and 10 years 6 months, respectively. None of the lesions have recurred. This study advances the morphologic spectrum of perineurioma, a rare tumor of nerve sheath derivation. Familiarity with this distinctive subtype should help to avoid confusion with other processes, including a fibroma of tendon sheath, the sclerotic fibroma associated with Cowden's disease, an epithelioid neurofibroma, a late stage of tenosynovial giant cell tumor, and sclerosing adnexal tumors.
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- J F Fetsch
- Department of Soft Tissue Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC 20306-6000, USA
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Chrysomali E, Papanicolaou SI, Dekker NP, Regezi JA. Benign neural tumors of the oral cavity: a comparative immunohistochemical study. ORAL SURGERY, ORAL MEDICINE, ORAL PATHOLOGY, ORAL RADIOLOGY, AND ENDODONTICS 1997; 84:381-90. [PMID: 9347502 DOI: 10.1016/s1079-2104(97)90036-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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To determine if immunohistochemistry can be used as adjunct to the diagnosis and classification of oral benign neural tumors, we stained 77 neurally differentiated tumors with a panel of neural-associated antibodies (S-100 protein, CD57, epithelial membrane antigen, factor XIIIa, CD34, CD68, collagen IV). Using standard histologic criteria, we identified 13 schwannomas, 16 neurofibromas, 23 traumatic neuromas, 16 palisaded and encapsulated neuromas, and 9 granular cell tumors from archived oral pathology specimens. Silver stains showed that neurofibromas, traumatic neuromas, and palisaded and encapsulated neuromas consistently contained axon filaments. Although all neural tumors contained S-100-positive cells, schwannomas and palisaded and encapsulated neuromas contained the most. All tumors expressed CD57; traumatic neuromas were stained intensely and the others stained weakly. The consistent epithelial membrane antigen capsular staining of schwannomas and the absence of factor XIIIa-positive dendritic/spindle cells helped distinguish these tumors from others. Many CD34-positive cells were found in schwannomas, and few were found in palisaded and encapsulated neuromas. Variable numbers CD68-positive cells were seen in all neural tumor types; some of these cells appeared to be macrophages and mast cells, but many were thought to be Schwann cells expressing this antigen. Collagen IV staining, apparently representing basement membrane, was generally a feature of all benign neural tumors. The immunophenotype of the granular cells of the GCTs was S-100+, CD57+, and collagen IV+ supporting the putative neural origin of these tumors. We conclude that neural origin/differentiation of a connective tissue tumor can be confirmed with stains for S-100 protein, epithelial membrane antigen, CD57, and collagen IV. Staining patterns and intensities associated with the panel of antibodies tested can be useful in tumor classification.
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- E Chrysomali
- Department of Stomatology, School of Dentistry, University of California, San Francisco, USA
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Díaz-Flores L, Alvarez-Argüelles H, Madrid JF, Varela H, Gonzalez MP, Gutierrez R. Perineurial cell tumor (perineurioma) with granular cells. J Cutan Pathol 1997; 24:575-9. [PMID: 9404856 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1997.tb01463.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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A form of benign cutaneous tumor with perineurioma findings and with the presence of associated granular cells is described. The two cases studied consisted of whorls made up of a high number of circumferentially arranged flattened cells, with perineurial characteristics, including bipolar cell processes, pinocytotic vesicles, a basal lamina, a positive immunoreactivity for EMA, and absence of immunostaining for S-100 protein. The granular cells, enclosed within the whorls, contained densely packed vesicles, particles with an apparently solid core, as well as membrane-limited vacuoles with disintegrating cellular organelles and electron-dense amorphous material. While failing to demonstrate any immunoreactivity for EMA, the granular cells showed positivity for S-100 protein, which supports their Schwann-cell origin. Due to its morphological and immunohistochemical characteristics, this peculiar form of tumor can be considered as a perineurioma with perineurial cell whorls and granular cell changes occurring in associated Schwann cells at the center of the whorls.
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- L Díaz-Flores
- Department of Anatomy and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Islas Canarias, Spain
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