1.Diagnosing A Rare Case Of Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumour On Liver Biopsy
Cheo Fan Foon ; Leow Wei Qiang
The Malaysian Journal of Pathology 2016;38(2):149-152
A 50-year-old male of Indian descent presented with jaundice and right hypochondrium pain.
Following a computed tomography (CT) scan of the abdomen, a segment 7 liver lesion was
visualized, accompanied by extensive peritoneal tumour deposits. An ultrasound guided liver biopsy
was performed and histology showed loose nests and sheets of tumour cells with a small blue round
cell morphology. The tumour cells showed patchy strong immunopositivity for cytokeratins (AE1/3,
CK7, CK19) and synaptophysin, while showing diffuse strong perinuclear positivity for desmin.
Interphase fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH) study using EWSR1 breakapart probe was
positive for EWSR1 gene rearrangement.
Desmoplastic small round cell tumour is a rare but aggressive intra-abdominal mesenchymal
tumour. While the primary sites of involvement are usually the peritoneum and omentum, visceral
involvement can occur. We wish to highlight the importance of considering this entity when
evaluating a liver biopsy especially in a less than classical clinical context.
2.Pseudomyogenic (epithelioid sarcoma-like) hemangioendothelioma - a rare vascular neoplasm with deceptive morphology and distinctive immunophenotype
Cheo Fan FOON ; Kesavan SITTAMPALAM
The Malaysian Journal of Pathology 2017;39(3):305-309
Pseudomyogenic (epithelioid sarcoma-like) hemangioendothelioma is a rare, low grade vascular(endothelial) neoplasm typically presenting as multicentric, superficial to deep nodules in extremitieswith a slight tendency of affecting young adult males. We report a case of pseudomyogenichemangioendothelioma in a 15-year-old boy presenting initially with a 1 cm right thigh painlesscutaneous lump. The lump was excised with the clinical impression of a sebaceous cyst. On microscopy,a poorly circumscribed, mild to moderately atypical spindle cell lesion in fascicular and storiformpatterns with strikingly myoid-like eosinophilic cytoplasm was identified. The spindle cells werehighlighted by pancytokeratin AE1/AE3, CD31, and ERG with retained INI-1, while being negativefor MNF116, S100, CD34, EMA, desmin, SMA, caldesmon, myogenin, MyoD1, HHV-8 and CD163.Following the first diagnostic report, a positron emission tomography–computed tomography(PET-CT) scan revealed another 4 cm ill-defined nodule accompanied by a smaller adjacent 0.7cm ipsilateral satellite nodule within the right psoas muscle that displayed similar morphologyand immunophenotype as the cutaneous lump, supporting the multicentric feature of this uniqueentity. It is an uncommon yet increasingly recognised neoplasm of endothelial origin possessing amisleading myoid morphology and distinctive immunophenotype worth notifying.