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INDIANA ASSOCIATION OF PATHOLOGISTS



 February 2019

A 56-year-old male with a subcutaneous mass

Contributors: 


Karen E. Trevino MD

PGY3-Department of Pathology and Labortoey Medicine Residency

Indiana University School of Medicine

Research publications


and


Ahmed K. Alomari, FEL, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

Indiana University School of Medicine

Clinical history:  A 56-year-old male presented to his primary care physician with a slowly enlarging subcutaneous nodule on his upper arm.  No changes to his overlying skin were seen and an excisional biopsy was performed.

Microscopic examination:  The biopsy demonstrates a subcutaneous mass (Figure 1) consisting of sheets and cords of spindled to round cells in a fibrous, hyalinized stroma (Figures 2 and 3).  The mass is well encapsulated with a partial rim of bone and fibrous capsule surrounding it (Figure 4).   No significant atypia or mitotic activity is seen in either the spindled cells or the bone.

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Fig. 1







Figure 1.  Subcutaneous mass

Fig 2.




Figure 2. Rounded cells in hyalinized background (10x)

Fig.3





Figure 3.  Rounded and spindled cells (20x)

Fig 4.




Figure 4. Bony capsule (2x)

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