Angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma of the scalp mimicking cutaneous angiosarcoma in incisional biopsy containing CD31-positive histiocytes: A potential histopathological pitfall

J Dermatol. 2018 Feb;45(2):235-237. doi: 10.1111/1346-8138.13843. Epub 2017 Mar 31.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
² Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kainan Hospital, Aichi, Japan.
³ Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.

PMID: 28370384
DOI: 10.1111/1346-8138.13843

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Biopsy
Diagnosis, Differential
Hemangiosarcoma / diagnosis*
Hemangiosarcoma / pathology
Histiocytes / pathology*
Histiocytoma, Malignant Fibrous / diagnosis*
Histiocytoma, Malignant Fibrous / pathology
Histiocytoma, Malignant Fibrous / surgery
Humans
Male
Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 / analysis
Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 / metabolism*
Scalp
Skin / cytology
Skin / pathology
Skin Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Skin Neoplasms / pathology
Skin Neoplasms / surgery

Substances

PECAM1 protein, human
Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1

Supplementary concepts

Histiocytoma, Angiomatoid Fibrous