- Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma: A Case Report.
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Joon Hyuk Choi, Young Ran Shim, Duk Seop Shin, Kil Ho Cho
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Korean J Cytopathol. 2006;17(1):69-74.
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- Alveolar soft part sarcoma (ASPS) is a rare soft tissue sarcoma, which occurs predominantly in adolescents and young adults. The cytological characteristics of this condition have been described only rarely in the literature. Here, we report a case of alveolar soft part sarcoma. A 28-year-old man presented with a mass in his right buttock, which had persisted for three years. The mass was subjected to a fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC). The smears were cellular.
The observed tumor cells were round or polygonal, and exhibited vesicular nuclei with prominent nucleoli and finely granular cytoplasm. Naked nuclei were frequently detected. Tumor cells were arranged singularly, but occasionally in a pseudoalveolar pattern.
- Synovial Sarcoma with Massive Myxoid Feature: A Case Report.
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Joon Hyuk Choi, Young Ran Shim, Young Kyung Bae, Mi Jin Kim, Duk Seop Shin, Kil Ho Cho
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Korean J Pathol. 2005;39(4):273-277.
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- Focal myxoid change in synovial sarcoma is not uncommon, although the presence of predominantly myxoid stroma is very rare. Recognition of synovial sarcomas with massive myxoid feature is important because these can easily be mistaken for other myxoid soft tissue neoplasms. We report a case of a synovial sarcoma with massive myxoid feature in the left thigh of a 54-year-old woman. Wide excision of an 8.5*7.0*5.0 cm, well-circumscribed and lobulated tumor was performed. The cut surface was gray, soft, and myxoid.
Histological examination showed proliferation of spindle cells in the predominantly myxoid stroma. There were small areas with features more typical of synovial sarcoma, including uniform, spindled cells with fascicular growth patterns, collagenous stroma, mast cell infiltration, and hemangiopericytoma-like vascular patterns.
Immunohistochemical examination showed focal positivity of the tumor cells for epithelial membrane antigen (EMA). Tumor cells were all negative for cytokeratin (AE1/AE3), cytokeratin 7, S-100 protein, smooth muscle actin, and desmin. Ultrastructurally, tumor cells showed desmosomes and microvilli. Our case underscores that, in order to make a correct diagnosis, immunohistochemical and ultrastructural examination is essential.
- Intraosseous Lipoma A report of four cases.
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Hye Jeong Choi, Mi Jin Gu, Joon Hyuk Choi, Duk Seop Shin, Kil Ho Cho
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Korean J Pathol. 1999;33(6):467-470.
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- Intraosseous lipoma is a very rare primary tumor of the bone. We report four cases of intraosseous lipoma. The patient ranged in age from 34 to 59-year-old (median age: 35 year-old). There were three men and one woman. All of four cases presented with pain. The involved bones were calcaneus in two cases, tibia in one case and ilium in one case, respectively. In all cases plain x-ray film revealed well-defined lytic lesion.
Their size ranged 2 to 4.5 cm (mean size: 3.5 cm).
Histologic examination showed mature adipose tissue. Three cases showed secondary changes such as atrophic bone, fat necrosis, fibrosis, dystrophic calcification, and reactive ischemic bone formation. The clinicopathologic and roentgenographic correlation are necessary in establishing correct diagnosis of this tumor.
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