Malignant Myopericytoma of Shoulder: A Rare Lesion

Fariba Binesh; Reza Nafisi Moghadam; Masoud Shabani; Mohammad Reza Mortazavizadeh; Saeedeh Zare

doi:10.21699/ajcr.v7i3.421

Malignant Myopericytoma of Shoulder: A Rare Lesion

APSP J Case Rep. 2016 Jun 15;7(3):21. doi: 10.21699/ajcr.v7i3.421. eCollection 2016 Jul-Aug.

Authors

Fariba Binesh¹, Reza Nafisi Moghadam², Masoud Shabani³, Mohammad Reza Mortazavizadeh⁴, Saeedeh Zare²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
² Department of Radiology, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
³ Department of Radiotherapy, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
⁴ Department of Oncology, Yazd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yazd, Iran.

Abstract

Myopericytoma is a soft tissue tumor with perivascular myoid differentiation. It accounts for 1% of the vascular tumors and involves mostly cutaneous or subcutaneous tissue of the limbs in adults. Malignant myopericytoma is exceedingly rare. A 15-year old girl presented with slowly progressive mass over left shoulder region. Histopathology and immunohistochemistry after complete excision revealed it as malignant myopericytoma.

Keywords: Malignant; Myopericytoma; Rare tumor.

Publication types

Case Reports