Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Department of Anatomic Pathology, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Greenvale, New York, USA.
Int J Surg Pathol. 2023 Dec;31(8):1559-1564. doi: 10.1177/10668969231160262. Epub 2023 Mar 14.
Myofibroblastoma is a rare benign mesenchymal tumor first described in the breast. It is also known as mammary-type myofibroblastoma outside of the breast, more frequently located along the embryonic milk line. Exceptionally, myofibroblastoma can occur at visceral locations. We present a case of myofibroblastoma detected incidentally in the liver. A well-circumscribed mass, grossly measuring 6.2 cm in the liver parenchyma, was found on imaging studies. Histologically, the lesion is characterized by benign spindle cells in a hyalinized collagenous stroma, with positive staining for SMA and ER, focal positivity for CD34, negative for desmin, and loss of RB1. This rare tumor at such an unusual location makes it diagnostically challenging, especially on core biopsy of the lesion. To our knowledge, this is the second case of myofibroblastoma in the liver reported in the English literature and the first such case with a detailed pathology description.
肌纤维母细胞瘤是一种罕见的良性间叶性肿瘤,最初在乳腺中描述。它也被称为乳腺型肌纤维母细胞瘤,通常位于胚胎乳线附近。极少数情况下,肌纤维母细胞瘤可发生于内脏部位。我们报告了一例偶然在肝脏中发现的肌纤维母细胞瘤。影像学检查发现肝脏实质中有一个边界清楚的肿块,大体测量为 6.2 cm。组织学上,病变的特征是良性梭形细胞位于玻璃样胶原基质中,SMA 和 ER 阳性染色,CD34 局灶阳性,结蛋白阴性,RB1 缺失。这种罕见的肿瘤位于如此不寻常的部位,使其在诊断上具有挑战性,尤其是对病变的核心活检。据我们所知,这是英语文献中报道的第二例肝脏肌纤维母细胞瘤,也是首例有详细病理描述的此类病例。