Ann Dermatol.  2011 May;23(2):201-204. 10.5021/ad.2011.23.2.201.

A Case of Myopericytoma on the Lower Leg

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Dermatology, Hanyang University Guri Hospital, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Guri, Korea. tuentuen@hanyang.ac.kr

Abstract

Myopericytoma (MP) is a benign tumor composed of cells that show apparent differentiation towards putative perivascular myoid cells called myopericytes. It arises most commonly in the dermis or subcutaneous tissue of the extremities in adults. The most common presentation is a well-circumscribed, slow-growing painless firm mass. A 45-year-old woman presented with a 2-year history of a painless, slowly growing 0.9x0.7 cm sized firm mass in the subcutaneous tissue of the posterior side of the right lower leg. We presumed this lesion to be an epidermal cyst, pilomatricoma or calcinosis cutis and performed an excisional biopsy. The histologic examination showed that it was composed of spindle-shaped myoid-appearing cells in a concentric arrangement, intimately associated with thin-walled vascular channels. Lesional spindle cells were diffusely positive for smooth muscle actin and were negative for CD34, desmin and S100 protein. From these findings, we diagnosed this lesion as a myopericytoma.

Keyword

Leg; Myopericytoma

MeSH Terms

Actins
Adult
Biopsy
Calcinosis
Dermis
Desmin
Epidermal Cyst
Extremities
Female
Humans
Leg
Middle Aged
Muscle, Smooth
Pilomatrixoma
Subcutaneous Tissue
Actins
Desmin

Figure

  • Fig. 1 A soft tissue masscovered with overlying normal skin on the posterior side of the right lower leg.

  • Fig. 2 (A) A well-circumscribed spindle cell tumor with a fibrous capsule in the subcutaneous tissue (scanning view). (B) The tumor is composed of abundant myxoid stroma and blood vessels (H&E, ×40). (C) The concentric perivascular arrangement of lesional spindle-shaped cells with around blood vessel walls (H&E, ×100). (D) Smooth muscle actin immunoreactivity is observed in concentric perivascular myoid cells (SMA, ×200). (E) Negative CD34 immunostaining of the perivascular myoid cells (CD34, ×200). (F) The inner tumor cells were negative for desmin (Desmin, ×200).


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