Malignant Myopericytoma-like Tumor in a Fischer Rat
Open Access
- 22 July 2008
- journal article
- case report
- Published by SAGE Publications in Toxicologic Pathology
- Vol. 36 (5), 738-742
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0192623308320804
Abstract
Myopericytoma is a perivascular tumor that has been recently described in humans, but not in laboratory rodents. The authors encountered an intra-abdominal tumor resembling human malignant myopericytoma in a Fischer rat. Grossly, the tumor was found as two brown-colored masses located in the mesentery of rectum. Microscopically, the tumor was composed of oval to spindle-shaped cells, which were arranged in sheets around numerous thin-walled branching vessels and partly showed a concentric perivascular growth pattern. Mitoses were frequently seen, and the tumor cells showed a local invasion. Immunohistochemically, the tumor cells were strongly positive for alpha-smooth muscle actin and weakly positive for vimentin and desmin. Ultrastructurally, the tumor cells had dendritic processes, actin-like thin filaments with dense bodies, basement membranes, hemidesmosomes, and micropinocytotic vesicles. These findings suggest that the most appropriate term for diagnosis of the present case could be a malignant myopericytoma.Keywords
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