What are the clinical and pathological characteristics of the fibroma-like variant of epithelioid sarcoma?
Describes a novel fibroma-like variant of epithelioid sarcoma characterized by bland fibrohistiocytic cells, osseous involvement, and specific immunohistochemical markers.
Five cases of a previously undescribed variant of epithelioid sarcoma are presented. This variant differs from the usual lesion in its absence of the typical necrobiotic nodular epithelioid pattern. It is instead composed of deceptively bland fibrohistiocytic and myoid cells arranged in a fibroma-like or dermatofibroma-like pattern with an affinity for osseous involvement. The clinical presentation, ultrastructural features, and presence of vimentin and low molecular weight keratin within the tumor cells justifies their designation as an epithelioid sarcoma variant.
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