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Diagnostic dilemma in soft tissue swelling of a finger
1Department of Pathology, Bhaskar Medical College & General Hospital, Hyderabad, India.
Abstract:
Myopericytoma is a benign tumor that shows a pericytic line of differentiation. The lesion is generally located in the dermis and subcutaneous tissue and has a predilection for distal extremities, but may be found in any part of the body. We present a case of 48-year old male who came with painful swelling in right middle finger for the past 2 years. Histopathology showed proliferation of spindle-shaped cells exhibiting a hemangio-pericytomatous pattern with various sized vessels lined by flattened endothelium and surrounded by a concentric arrangement of spindle-shaped cells. Tumor cells showed membranous positivity for smooth muscle actin but negative for desmin and CD34. Hence diagnosis of intravenous myopericytoma was established.
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