Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, 3308 Rogel Cancer Center, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI, 48103, USA.
Head Neck Pathol. 2023 Mar;17(1):132-142. doi: 10.1007/s12105-023-01535-z. Epub 2023 Mar 16.
Spindled lesions are a challenging area in head and neck pathology. This is particularly true in the sinonasal tract, where several uncommon entities with both unique and overlapping morphologic, immunophenotypic, and/or molecular features can occur.
Review.
The clinicopathologic characteristics of biphenotypic sinonasal sarcoma and nine important differential diagnostic considerations with one or more overlapping feature are summarized to establish a practical framework for approaching spindled lesions of the sinonasal tract.
Morphologic evaluation is central to the work up of sinonasal spindle cell lesions-in particular, cellular morphology, tumor architecture and growth pattern, and the presence of admixed epithelial elements - however, focused immunohistochemical analysis of neural, myogenic, rhabdomyoblastic, epithelial, and/or melanocytic marker expression and/or ancillary tests for tumor-specific molecular alterations may be necessary for definitive diagnosis.
梭形细胞病变是头颈部病理学中的一个具有挑战性的领域。在鼻-鼻窦腔中尤其如此,这里有几种罕见的病变,它们具有独特的和重叠的形态学、免疫表型和/或分子特征。
回顾。
总结了双表型鼻-鼻窦肉瘤的临床病理特征以及九个重要的鉴别诊断考虑因素,其中一个或多个具有重叠特征,为鼻-鼻窦腔梭形细胞病变的处理建立了一个实用的框架。
形态学评估是鼻-鼻窦梭形细胞病变的核心,特别是细胞形态、肿瘤结构和生长模式,以及混合上皮成分的存在,然而,对神经、肌源性、横纹肌样、上皮和/或黑色素细胞标记物表达的集中免疫组织化学分析,以及针对肿瘤特异性分子改变的辅助检测,可能是明确诊断所必需的。