Granular cell atypical fibroxanthoma
- 8 March 2005
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Cutaneous Pathology
- Vol. 32 (4), 314-317
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0303-6987.2005.00326.x
Abstract
We report on two patients with granular cell atypical fibroxanthoma. Both neoplasms were solitary, light-tan, dome-shaped papules on sun-exposed areas of the head in two elderly white men. Microscopically, these neoplasms showed a dermal proliferation of pleomorphic granular cells with irregular hyperchromatic nuclei, multinucleated cells, and scattered mitoses. Immunohistochemical stains were positive for CD68 and vimentin and negative for Melan-A or human melanoma black (HMB)-45, S-100 protein, pancytokeratin, and actin, consistent with atypical fibroxanthoma. The differential diagnosis of granular cells in neoplasms containing cytological pleomorphism is challenging in view of the many different neoplasms that may present with granular cytoplasm. These include the conventional granular cell tumor and its malignant form, leiomyoma, leiomyosarcoma, dermatofibroma, dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans, and angiosarcoma.Keywords
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