title: Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma: case report and immunohistochemical study.
abstract: A case is presented of low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma involving the arm of a 52-year-old man. Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma is a recently described neoplasm of the deep and subcutaneous soft tissue which demonstrates a spectrum of histologic images. The current case demonstrated the typical patterns of intermixed, sweeping bands of fibrous and myxoid tissue, homogeneous foci of fibrous and myxoid tissue, focal areas of storiforming, and concentric perivascular cuffs of slender spindle cells, all lacking the nuclear anaplasia, mitotic activity, and necrosis generally associated with sarcoma. Immunohistochemical analysis performed on paraffin-embedded sections demonstrated strong labeling of the tumor cells by anti-CD34 antibody, moderate labeling for vimentin, and rare, focal positivity for muscle-specific actin. Tumor cells were negative for markers of epithelial, muscular, neural, histiocytic, melanocytic, and vascular differentiation. The constellation of histopathologic features described in this and previous reports is characteristic of low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma. Based on this case, it appears that the immunohistochemical features of low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma can help to exclude many cutaneous and deep soft tissue tumors from the differential diagnosis. The findings support the interpretation that the neoplasm is essentially fibroblastic in nature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville 22908.
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Nichols
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Cooper
mesh_terms: D005350:Fibroma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000473:pathology*; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*