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Soft tissue tumors
Other tumors
Desmoplastic small round cell tumor
Reviewer: Vijay Shankar, M.D. (see Reviewers page)
Revised: 10 March 2013, last major update November 2012
Copyright: (c) 2003-2013, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.
General
=========================================================================- Distinctive neoplastic condition; not strictly a sarcoma
- Children and young adults, often adolescent boys
- Large mass in abdomen or pelvis, accompanied by widespread peritoneal tumor implants
- Other locations include pleura, thorax, scrotum, CNS
Case reports
=========================================================================Gross / clinical images
========================================================================= Greater omentum
|
| Pancreas |
| Site unknown |
| Stomach |
|
Micro description
=========================================================================- Solid nests of round/oval cells surrounded by cellular desmoplastic stroma
- Also necrosis, cystic degeneration, glandular arrangements, signet ring-like cells, pseudorosette formations, rhabdoid cells, extensive areas of predominantly spindle cell morphology, carcinoid-like differentiation, adenoid cystic-like configuration
Micro images
========================================================================= Abdominal tumor |
| Lung tumor |
|
Pancreas |
| Stomach |
|
Various images of unknown origin |
|
Positive stains
=========================================================================- WT1 (C-19) (also positive in nephroblastomas)
Molecular / cytogenetics description
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