Nerve sheath tumor with degenerative atypia and multivacuolated lipoblasts

Int J Surg Pathol. 2012 Apr;20(2):208-10. doi: 10.1177/1066896911418203. Epub 2011 Aug 26.

Abstract

Lipoblastic nerve sheath tumor is a recently described benign soft tissue tumor consisting of lipoblasts in a neural/schwannian background. The 6 reported cases have exclusively comprised signet ring lipoblasts and showed no cellular atypia. The authors describe the first lipoblastic nerve sheath tumor to harbor multivacuolated lipoblasts and degenerative atypia, underscoring its important differential diagnosis with well-differentiated liposarcoma. The purpose of this report is to expand the morphologic spectrum of this unusual neoplasm, and reemphasize the potential of benign nonadipocytic tumors to harbor multivacuolated lipoblasts and mimic liposarcoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adipose Tissue / pathology*
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / metabolism
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Liposarcoma / diagnosis
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nerve Sheath Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Nerve Sheath Neoplasms / pathology*
  • S100 Proteins / metabolism
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Vacuoles / pathology

Substances

  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • S100 Proteins