[A case of hyalinizing spindle cell tumor with giant rosettes in the presacral region. Immunohistochemical and ultrastructural study]

Ann Pathol. 1998 Dec;18(6):488-91.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Hyalinizing spindle cell tumor with giant rosettes is a slowly growing tumor with a risk of local recurrence in case of incomplete surgical excision that could be regarded as a distinctive type of low-grade fibroblastic tumor. We report a case involving the presacral area. This tumor was composed of areas of bland spindle cell proliferation with a fascicular pattern in a fibrous or myxoid stroma, intermixed with giant rosettes consisting of rounded cells surrounding a central collagen core. The tumor expressed vimentin, and, for cells comprising the rosettes, S-100 protein, NSE and CD-57. These latter cells exhibited ultrastructural features of Schwann cells, the tumoral cells of fascicular area exhibiting features of fibroblastic cells. Flow cytometry showed DNA-aneuploidy and a very low S-phase fraction. This tumor appeared to be composed of two cellular components, fibroblastic and Schwann cells, located, at the opposite of neurofibroma, in two distinct areas.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aneuploidy
  • CD57 Antigens / analysis
  • DNA, Neoplasm / analysis
  • Fibroblasts / pathology
  • Flow Cytometry
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry*
  • Male
  • Microscopy, Electron*
  • Middle Aged
  • Phosphopyruvate Hydratase / analysis
  • S100 Proteins / analysis
  • Sacrum*
  • Schwann Cells / pathology
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / chemistry
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Vimentin / analysis

Substances

  • CD57 Antigens
  • DNA, Neoplasm
  • S100 Proteins
  • Vimentin
  • Phosphopyruvate Hydratase