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1/1441. Epithelioid cell histiocytoma: a simulant of vascular and melanocytic neoplasms.

    Epithelioid cell histiocytoma (ECH) is an unusual and still poorly recognized variant of benign fibrous histiocytoma. Epithelioid cell histiocytoma differs from most benign fibrous histiocytomas in five important ways: the predominance of epithelioid cells, relative lack of secondary elements (such as giant cells, foamy, or hemosiderin-laden macrophages), relative sharp circumscription, prominent vascularity, and centering in the papillary dermis in most cases. A strong resemblance to melanocytic and vascular lesions has been noted, and a recent case was reported with features suggesting endothelial origin. Fifteen new cases of ECH, including one example of the rare deep cellular variant, are presented herein, with emphasis on features mimicking vascular and melanocytic neoplasms. Labeling with endothelial markers, including previously unreported CD-31 labeling, showed abundant vascular staining, which may be challenging to interpret, but which does not indicate an endothelial origin of ECH.
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2/1441. Apocrine poroma: a distinctive case in a patient with nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome.

    Traditionally, poromas have been classified as eccrine neoplasms, but several recent reports of poroid tumors with sebaceous, follicular, and apocrine differentiation have challenged this idea. In support of alternative differentiation, a case of an "apocrine" poroma is reported in a 19-year-old man with the nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome. A papule on the right cheek, thought clinically to be a basal cell carcinoma, was excised. Anastomosing lobules of small uniform basaloid (poroid) cells formed small ductular structures lined by eosinophilic cuticles and extended into the superficial reticular dermis. The neoplasm originated from follicular infundibula and was surrounded by a myxoid stroma. Focally, primitive hair bulb and papillae differentiation was present, and some of the ducts were lined by cells suggesting decapitation secretion. The histologic pattern and the common embryologic origin of the folliculosebaceous-apocrine unit support apocrine differentiation of this tumor. The association with the nevoid basal carcinoma syndrome appears to be unique. This case, in addition, demonstrates overlapping features with the infundibulocystic type of basal cell carcinoma commonly seen in the basal cell nevus syndrome.
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3/1441. Basal cell carcinoma with massive ossification.

    We report a case of basal cell carcinoma with massive ossification in a 66-year-old white man. Ossification in various benign and malignant neoplasms have been reported including basal cell carcinomas, in which ossifications are seen in small foci or peripheral rim of the tumor. However, in our case, massive ossification is seen throughout the tumor, and only small areas of the periphery of the tumor show diagnostic histology. Therefore, this case might have presented a diagnostic difficulty or been misdiagnosed as an osteoma cutis if a smaller incisional or punch biopsy had been performed. The phenomenon of bone formation itself is not specific for any diagnostic entity, and therefore an underlying lesion should be carefully sought in case of secondary ossification.
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4/1441. adenocarcinoma with signet ring cells of the axilla showing apocrine features: a case report.

    A 74-year-old Japanese man developed a reddish, indurated plaque composed of multiple nodules on his right axilla. Histopathologic examination showed a solid tumor that extended from the upper dermis into the subcutis, with both inter- and intracellular lumen formation, cellular arrangement in single files, a fibrotic reaction around the tumor cells, and the presence of mucinous material in the cytoplasm. There was both nuclear and cytoplasmic pleomorphism. Both lysozyme and GCDFP-15 were identified in the tumor cells. Electron microscopic examination showed periluminal condensation of the cytoplasm. Because thorough clinical and laboratory examinations were unremarkable, we regarded this to be a case of primary adenocarcinoma with signet ring cells of the axilla. The neoplasm might have differentiated toward the apocrine sweat glands or the mammary glands. radiation therapy was effective to some degree. This seems to be the first reported case in which adenocarcinoma with signet ring cells of the skin affected a site other than the eyelids.
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5/1441. Unusually differentiating immature nerve sheath myxoma in association with dermal melanocytosis.

    A 44-year-old woman presented with a slightly elevated, erythematous lesion, with partially blue-black areas. The nonpigmented area histologically showed a "dissecting" fascicular growth pattern, similar to one of the patterns seen in the cellular type of nerve sheath myxoma. The clinically pigmented part of the lesion consisted of diffusely infiltrating, broad and poorly delineated fascicles often showing nerve sheath differentiation, embedded in a highly myxomatous stroma. No part of the lesion showed the plexiform pattern typical of the classic type of nerve sheath myxoma; rather, the lesion had some common features of neurofibroma, and also was characteristically associated with a considerable number of scattered dermal melanocytes. However, based on the fascicular histologic pattern showing nerve sheath differentiation within mucinous matrix, S-100 protein-negative immunophenotype, and electron microscopic features, we considered the whole lesion in the present case to be an entity within the spectrum of nerve sheath myxoma, either mixed-type nerve sheath myxoma or unusually differentiating immature nerve sheath myxoma, except for the associated dermal melanocytosis. Because of the intimate association of the dermal melanocytes with this nerve sheath myxoma with divergent differentiation, this lesion can also be considered as a distinctive type of benign neoplasm derived from pluripotent neural crest cells.
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6/1441. Treatment of complicated cutaneous malignant neoplasms by modern radiotherapy: principles, practice, and results.

    The indispensability of modern radiotherapy for certain complicated cases of cutaneous malignant neoplasms is demonstrated by a review of its principles and demonstration of results achieved by its practice in five representative cases.
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7/1441. Angiosarcoma. A rare secondary malignancy after breast cancer treatment.

    life-saving mastectomy and radiation therapy are established in the treatment of early stage breast cancer. Angiosarcoma, i.e. malignant angioendothelioma, is a rare tumor which can develop after several years of such treatment. The number of post-operative and post-irradiation angiosarcomas has increased in recent years. We report four cases of angiosarcoma which occurred after treatment of breast cancer and review the literature. In two of these cases the angiosarcoma developed on the irradiated breast skin after partial mastectomy and radiation therapy, in the other two cases the angiosarcoma appeared on a chronically edematous arm after radical mastectomy and radiation therapy.
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8/1441. A case of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans with a ring chromosome 5 and a rearranged chromosome 22 containing amplified COL1A1 and PDGFB sequences.

    dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) is a cutaneous tumour of borderline malignancy, the cytogenetic features of which include the translocation t(17;22)(q22;q13) or, more commonly, supernumerary ring chromosomes containing material from 17q22 and 22q13. These rearrangements result in the COL1A1/PDGFB fusion gene. Here, we describe a case of DFSP displaying a ring chromosome 5 together with a large marker chromosome composed of chromosome 22 alphoid dna, material from distal 12q and amplified COL1A1 and PDGFB sequences. This is the first case of DFSP with multiple copies of COL1A1 and PDGFB not confined to ring chromosomes, showing that DFSP is similar to other borderline malignant mesenchymal tumours, where rings and giant markers are alternative vehicles for amplified material.
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9/1441. Clinicopathological report: mucinous carcinoma of the eyelid.

    BACKGROUND: Mucinous carcinoma of the skin is a rare tumour that may involve the peri-ocular region. methods/RESULTS: A case report is presented of a 73-year-old woman with a right upper lid tumour, initially diagnosed as a basal cell carcinoma. Excisional biopsy of the residual tumour revealed mucinous carcinoma. Re-examination of the original pathology proved to be mucinous carcinoma, originating in the eyelid skin. Further treatment involved wide local resection and reconstruction. Systemic investigations were undertaken to exclude the possibility of metastatic mucinous carcinoma. CONCLUSION: This case is presented to alert ophthalmologists to the occurrence of this tumour in the periocular region, to highlight the importance of surgical excision with wide margins and the need for systemic investigation to exclude a primary malignancy in other sites, in particular the gastrointestinal system and breast.
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10/1441. Papillary formations in metastatic melanoma.

    Cytomorphologic features of melanoma can be extremely variable, in that they can mimic other poorly differentiated neoplasms. Ten cases of metastatic melanoma with distinct, cohesive, papillary tissue fragments observed in fine-needle aspiration (FNA) specimens are reported. These papillary fragments exhibited a central fibrovascular core with attached tumor cells, in a background of single scattered malignant cells, macrophages, and focal necrosis. The aspiration sites included regional or distant palpable lymph nodes, pancreas, bone, and skin. Nine cases had a histologic diagnosis of primary cutaneous melanoma, and in one case the primary skin tumor was detected after the diagnosis was established by FNA of the metastasis. Immunohistochemical studies (S-100 protein, HMB-45 antigen, and factor viii) were performed in four cases, and electron microscopy in one, confirming the diagnosis of melanoma. An awareness of this cytomorphologic variation of papillary formations in cytology preparations from metastatic melanoma is important and can prevent potential inaccurate interpretation.
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