2023
Clear cell chondrosarcoma: a review of clinicopathologic characteristics, differential diagnoses, and patient management
Alexiev B, Vormittag-Nocito E, Peabody T, Samet J, Laskin W. Clear cell chondrosarcoma: a review of clinicopathologic characteristics, differential diagnoses, and patient management. Human Pathology 2023, 139: 126-134. PMID: 37805864, DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2023.06.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClear cell chondrosarcomaDiagnosis of clear cell chondrosarcomaPrimary bone tumorsDiagnostic accuracy of core needle biopsyAccuracy of core needle biopsyBone tumorsRarest primary bone tumorsLocal recurrence rateAbundant clear cytoplasmCore needle biopsyRate of recurrenceYounger patient ageLow-grade chondrosarcomaSkeletally immature patientsMalignant cartilaginous neoplasmsDecades of lifeEpiphysis of long bonesLow diagnostic accuracyOperative resectionIncomplete excisionNeedle biopsyHistopathological diagnosisPatient ageRecurrence rateClinicopathological characteristics
2000
A Clinicopathologic Study of 45 Pediatric Soft Tissue Tumors With an Admixture of Adipose Tissue and Fibroblastic Elements, and a Proposal for Classification as Lipofibromatosis
Fetsch J, Miettinen M, Laskin W, Michal M, Enzinger F. A Clinicopathologic Study of 45 Pediatric Soft Tissue Tumors With an Admixture of Adipose Tissue and Fibroblastic Elements, and a Proposal for Classification as Lipofibromatosis. The American Journal Of Surgical Pathology 2000, 24: 1491-1500. PMID: 11075850, DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200011000-00004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPersistent diseaseJuvenile fibromatosisFibroblastic elementsAdipose tissueMuscle actinFibrous hamartomaAlpha-smooth muscle actinPediatric Soft TissueSkeletal muscleMitotic activityRare pediatric neoplasmSoft tissue massAbundant adipose tissueUnivacuolated cellsClinicopathologic studyInitial biopsyClinicopathologic featuresMale sexFascicular growthFocal immunoreactivityIncomplete excisionArchitectural effacementSkin adnexaCytologic atypiaPediatric neoplasms