2001
Superficial acral fibromyxoma: A clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical analysis of 37 cases of a distinctive soft tissue tumor with a predilection for the fingers and toes
Fetsch J, Laskin W, Miettinen M. Superficial acral fibromyxoma: A clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical analysis of 37 cases of a distinctive soft tissue tumor with a predilection for the fingers and toes. Human Pathology 2001, 32: 704-714. PMID: 11486169, DOI: 10.1053/hupa.2001.25903.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSoft tissue tumorsDistinctive soft tissue tumorLocal excisionTissue tumorsAcral myxoinflammatory fibroblastic sarcomaFascicular growth patternEpithelial membrane antigenMild nuclear atypiaMyxoinflammatory fibroblastic sarcomaStellate-shaped cellsProgressive diseaseClinicopathologic featuresHMB-45Surgical interventionImmunohistochemical findingsResection specimensSurgical specimensFibrous histiocytomaPartial excisionDifferential diagnosisLesional cellsStudy groupMast cellsNuclear atypiaImmunohistochemical analysis
2000
The “neurothekeoma”: Immunohistochemical analysis distinguishes the true nerve sheath myxoma from its mimics
Laskin W, Fetsch J, Miettinen M. The “neurothekeoma”: Immunohistochemical analysis distinguishes the true nerve sheath myxoma from its mimics. Human Pathology 2000, 31: 1230-1241. PMID: 11070116, DOI: 10.1053/hupa.2000.18474.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlial fibrillary acidic proteinNerve sheath myxomaSpindled cellsPeak incidenceFemale ratioLow-affinity nerve growth factor receptorDense collagenAlpha-smooth muscle actinAnti-neurofilament proteinSoft Tissue RegistryNerve sheath tumorsNerve growth factor receptorDecades of lifeEpithelial membrane antigenFibrillary acidic proteinCollagen type IV expressionGrowth factor receptorSheath tumorsAnatomic distributionLeu-7Consistent immunoreactivityMyxoid variantTissue RegistryImmunohistochemical analysisEpithelioid cells