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MEDICAL MOLECULAR MORPHOLOGY
Volume 46, Issue 2, Pages 109-113Publisher
SPRINGER JAPAN KK
DOI: 10.1007/s00795-013-0032-1
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Primitive mesenchymal tumor of infancy; Congenital sarcoma; Infant; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Immunohistochemistry
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Primitive myxoid mesenchymal tumor of infancy is an extremely rare and recently recognized soft tissue tumor entity with a tendency for multiple recurrences. Only ten cases have been described in the literature and most cases are reported in Western countries. This tumor ranges in size from 2 to 15 cm and is characterized microscopically by a diffuse growth of primitive cells in a myxoid background with focal fascicles or a herringbone pattern. In this study, we describe a primitive myxoid mesenchymal tumor of infancy on the scalp of a 3-month-old Taiwanese boy. The histology showed typical morphology and the tumor cells showed vimentin and CD99 immunoreactivities. The translocation t(12,15)(p13;q25) was not found by fluorescence in situ hybridization. After complete surgical excision, no recurrence was noted during an 18-month follow-up.
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