Case Report
Year: 2017 | Month: June | Volume: 2 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 1-5
Myopericytoma of Hand: A Case Report with Review of Literature
Dr. Sushma Rajesh Gulhane1, Dr. Riti Tusharkanti Sinha2, Dr. Nitin Gangane3
1Specialist-Cum-Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, ESIPGIMSR Andheri, Mumbai.
2Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, MGIMS, Sewagram, Wardha.
3Professor & HOD, Department of Pathology, MGIMS, Sewagram, Wardha.
Corresponding author: Dr. Sushma Rajesh Gulhane
ABSTRACT
Myopericytoma is a recently delineated entity demonstrating a hemangiopericytoma-like vascular pattern. This rare mesenchymal neoplasm arises within the subcutaneous tissue of the extremities. We report a case of a 66- year old female who presented with the complaints of swelling in the base of the right thumb. The surgical resection was done and the tissue was submitted for histopathological examination. It showed a classic concentric perivascular proliferation of bland spindle-shaped pericytic cells characteristic of myopericytoma. Despite sharing morphologic features with angioleiomyoma, myofibroma and glomus tumor, myopericytoma is thought to represent a distinct perivascular myoid neoplasm of skin and soft tissues. Though, most of the cases of myopericytoma are benign, local recurrence and malignancy has been reported.
Key words: Haemangiopericytoma, Myopericytoma, Perivascular myoma