Myoepithelioma of soft tissue and diagnostic pitfall in cytology

Myoepithelioma of soft tissue and diagnostic pitfall in cytology

1. Bhanvadia VM, Agarwal NM, Chavda AD, Bhetariya BV. Myoepithelioma of soft tissue in the gluteal region: Diagnostic pitfall in cytology. Cytojournal 2017;14:14. 2. Wiwanitkit V. Types and frequency of preanalytical mistakes in the first Thai ISO 9002:1994 certified clinical laboratory, a 6 – month monitoring. BMC Clin Pathol 2001;1:5. Dear Editor, The report on “Myoepithelioma of soft tissue ...

Myoepithelioma of soft tissue in the gluteal region: Diagnostic pitfall in cytology

A. Extradural myxopapillary ependymoma B. Chordoma C. Myoepithelioma of soft tissue D. Extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma. CytoJournal Co‐editors‐in‐chief: Lester J. Layfield, MD, (University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA) Vinod B. Shidham, MD, FIAC, FRCPath (WSU School of Medicine, Detroit, USA) Executive editor: Vinod B. Shidham, MD, FIAC, FRCPath Wayne State University School of Medicine, ...

Imprint Cytology of Soft Tissue Myoepithelioma: A Case Study

Soft tissue myoepithelioma is a rare neoplasm composed of myoepithelial cells. Here, we describe the cytologic features of soft tissue myoepithelioma arising on the right forearm in an 18-year-old man. The excised tumor (3.0×1.8×1.5 cm) was well-demarcated, yellow-gray, soft, and myxoid. The cytologic smears showed round to spindle, epithelioid, and plasmacytoid cells in the myxoid background. ...

Soft-tissue textiloma: a potential diagnostic pitfall.

Klippel–Trenaunay syndrome has 3 essential features: cutaneous hemangiomas, varicose veins and hypertophy of the involved limbs in length or girth, or both. Both bones and soft tissue are usually affected by the hypertrophy. The arteriovenous malformation effects are polysystemic. Patients with this syndrome are at risk of thromboembolic disease. Baskerville’s report shows that 7 (14%) of 49 pa...

Myoepithelioma of Soft Tissue and Bone