Hemangioendothelioma pseudomyogenes C49.-

Author: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

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Synonym(s)

Epithelioid cell sarcoma-like hemangioendothelioma; pseudomyogenic hemangioendothelioma

Definition
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Ubiquitous, mostly multifocal, malignant vascular tumor occurring mainly in the soft tissue and bone of the lower extremity, which also has a clinically less spectacular dermal variant.

Manifestation
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First manifestation between the ages of 10 and 50.

Localization
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Lower extremity; however, ubiquitous occurrence is possible.

Clinical features
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Clinically, the sometimes painful, mostly multicentre, pseudomyogenic haemangioendothelioma shows no clinical characteristics. It is diagnosed as dermatofibroma, cyst or similar. Deeper flat indurations can also be impressive.

Histology
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Fuzzily defined, dermal tumour clusters that can also infiltrate the subcutaneous fatty tissue. In addition to solid sections, myxoid sections are also impressive. There are several large tumour cells with rather uniform, oval vesicle-shaped cell nuclei and an eosinophilic cytoplasm. Few mitoses.

Immunohistologically the cells express pancytokeratins (AE1/AE3 - but not MNF116) as well as endothelial markers (ERG, CD31), furthermore alpha smooth muscle actin with different intensity. Cytogenetically, a translocation t(7;19)(q22;q13) is detectable.

Progression/forecast
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In a larger collective (n=50), 1x lymph node metastasis and 1x distant metastasis were detected (quoted by Kutzer et al.)

Literature
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  6. Stuart LN et al (2013) Epithelioid sarcoma-like (pseudomyogenic) hemangioendothelioma, clinically mimicking dermatofibroma, diagnosed by skin biopsy in a 30-year-old man. J Cutan Pathol 40: 909-913.

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020