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Table 7.03<br />

Differential diagnosis of myxoid soft tissue lesions of the vulva.<br />

Sarcoma botryoides Deep Angiomyofibro- Superficial Fibroepithelial polyp<br />

angiomyxoma blastoma angiomyxoma<br />

Age at presentation Pre-pubertal Reproductive years Reproductive years Reproductive years Reproductive years<br />

Size, site and Polypoid, exophytic or mass Often larger than Subcutaneous, Small, dermal Small, subepithelial,<br />

macroscopic 5 cm, never exophytic less than 5 cm lobulated, exophytic<br />

configuration<br />

superficial<br />

Margins Infiltrative Infiltrative Compressive Poorly circumscribed<br />

Cellularity and cells Largely paucicellular with a Paucicellular More cellular than DA Bland spindle cells<br />

variably pronounced cambium Cytologically bland, Perivascular concen- in addition to enlarlayer<br />

stellate tration of cells is ged, pleomorphic<br />

Spindle shaped cells usual. stromal cells with<br />

including rhabdomyoblasts Cytologically bland smudged chromatin<br />

in the myxoid zones<br />

Plasmacytoid or<br />

epithelioid cells may<br />

be prominent.<br />

Vessels Inconspicuous Medium calibre, Smaller vessels Elongated thinthick-walled<br />

vessels; than DA walled vessels<br />

pinwheel collagen Perivascular concentration<br />

of stromal<br />

cells<br />

Matrix<br />

Paucicellular, myxoid<br />

Mitotic index Usually easily found Rare Rare Rare Rare<br />

Immunohistochemistry Actin and desmin Actin, desmin and Strongly desmin positive. Desmin negative Often desmin<br />

positive. Myogenin vimentin positive. Minority of cells in positive<br />

and myoD positive.<br />

occasional cases show<br />

positivity for either smooth<br />

muscle actin or<br />

panmuscle actin (HHF35).<br />

Negative for S-100 protein,<br />

keratin, fast myosin and<br />

myoglobin.<br />

Associated findings Stromal neutrophils Overlying epithelium<br />

When multiple, may demonstrate<br />

consider Carney intraepithelial<br />

syndrome<br />

neoplasia<br />

Clinical course Fully malignant neoplasm Local recurrence Does not recur Benign,<br />

Alveolar histology common; never Occasional no recurrences<br />

adverse prognostic metastasizes lesions have<br />

factor<br />

hybrid features of<br />

DA and AMFB and<br />

should be treated as DA<br />

Abbreviations: DA = Deep angiomyxoma; AMFB = Angiomyofibroblastoma<br />

328 Tumours of the vulva

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